Sharing my SoTL Plan – Effectiveness of Group Self-organization

A response to the Share Your SoTL Research Plan Activity
created by Jessica Joy (@jessica.joy)

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PART 1, Question 1 – The topic for my SoTL project originated from the results of the Empathy Map activity we conducted in the Technologist Module. The map I produced revealed that groupwork was a common and continual point of stress for many students, which sparked my interest to dive further into this issue and attempt to discover a solution. While researching effective techniques groups can use to be more productive, I found that there was limited information guiding students to prepare for working in groups. This led to my research question, focused around whether the integration of “group training” would improve a group’s ability to self-organize and complete group assessments timely and fairly with respect to the distribution of work. Although not detailed in my draft SoTL plan, I expect that conducting additional research around the way groups currently organize themselves, the issues they encounter and their motivations to contribute (or not contribute) to group work will help me further refine the plan. This may also need to include the influence of external, uncontrollable or variable factors affecting organization and contribution activities. My proposed dissemination strategy is somewhat generalized in the draft plan, however my intention is to establish a project timeline to include specific events and opportunities for dissemination of the project results. 

PART 1, Question 2 – The image I chose to visualize where I hope the project will go is meant to represent the result I expect to see from the implementation of the learning activity (group training), which is a positive, collaborative and productive group work experience for my students. The image is attached, the source is here.

PART 2 – Here is the link to my SoTL Research Plan document in the SoTL Folder: SoTL Project Plan DRAFT- Effectiveness of Group Self-Organization – Jessica Joy

 

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