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Real Engagement, Real Enrichment, Real Experience: Technology-facilitated Authentic Groupwork Projects
1. Real Engagement, Real Enrichment, Real
Experience:
Technology-facilitated Authentic
Groupwork Projects.
Gary C. Wood
School of English
University of Sheffield
g.c.wood@sheffield.ac.uk | @GC_Wood
Sarah Horrigan
Learning Technology Team
University of Derby
s.horrigan@derby.ac.uk | @sarahhorrigan
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Introduction…
Employability skills
Teamwork & Collaboration
Negative evaluation
(Thorley & Gregory 1994)
Focus on content over
skills.
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The issue…
Learning by Doing
Scaffolding and support is
required
Key problems:
Time and place
Different
standards/expectations
Motivation.
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Solutions…
Teach students skills!
Employer involvement
(Jamieson et al 2012)
Authentic learning
through a real world
project – a more practical
alternative?
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Lack of understanding of
what linguistics is
Need to equip students
with digital literacy skills
Groupwork problems.
Real-
world problems…
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Assessment through
a real project
Promote linguistics
to prospective
students
What
we did…
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Google Sites:
Page-level permissions
Integrated features
(YouTube, soundclips,
and others).
How we
did it…
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Project Management:
Google Docs
Google+ Hangouts
How we
did it…
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Launch Event &
Evaluation:
Google Docs Forms
How we
did it…
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Authentic learning
Consider
real stakeholders
Work to
real deadlines
Challenged with
project management
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Embedded enterprise
Students demonstrated
a wide range of
enterprise skills
ambition
creativity
tenacity
initiative
making connections
confidence
teamwork
innovationleadership
adaptability
negotiation
owning actions
problem-solving
self-beliefstrategic thinking
networking
risk-taking
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Increased student control = creativity & high motivation
Doing a real project = enthusiasm from the students
Groupwork is trouble-free – Google facilitates
Collaboration within and between groups.
Some benefits…
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Continuous feedback and assessment
Students develop key skills for degree and employability
End product is genuinely useful to its audience
Apps are integrated and don’t need teaching.
Some benefits…
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Academic’s view…
Very effective solution:
Technology facilitated real-world project
Motivated students (Fazey & Fazey et al 2001)
Creative freedom increased students’ perceived control
Google Tools increased perceived competence for the task
Enhanced potential for autonomous learning
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Wikipedia like – enhancement/expansion by future students:
New topics in linguistics
Expansion of accessibly-presented research
Community to engage audience and provide interaction.
The future…
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How might you use
Google Sites?
Who would your
audience be?
Your turn…!
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Work in small groups (3-5)
Think of an area of your teaching in which you could use Google
Sites
Create a page on the session site to share your ideas
Google username and password provided
Edit page with your group number
Be creative – images, videos, etc.
Some ideas are already available on the site if you need inspiration!
Your turn…!