Design empowering group assessments and discussions

This workshop is designed for teaching staff eager to elevate their collaborative learning strategies.

Through a blend of hands-on activities, technology demonstrations, and collaborative discussions, participants will leave with the skills and inspiration needed to transform their learning spaces into dynamic hubs of collaboration and empowerment through enhanced learning techniques and assessment methods. We seek to help you fostering a growth culture of sharing and integrating knowledge among your learners across disciplines.

Learning objectives

In this workshop, you will be supported to:

• design group work tasks and activities that encourage active participation from all members and facilitate social learning

• integrate collaborative learning technologies to your teaching including discussion boards, collaborative documents and interactive presentations to enhance learner autonomy and facilitate learner cooperation.

Workshop topics

• Principles and best practice for facilitating effective teamwork

• Small scale teamwork: group discussions

• Larger scale teamwork: group projects

• Tools to facilitate collaborative/team learning

Testimonials

"The facilitators were so lovely. Such a genuine passion and concern for the subject area. So patient and willing to answer questions. I appreciated the group work and the ability for us to learn from one another. Thank you to Daniel, Alexi and Ruby. :)" -Participant from Marketing, Faculty of ABLE.

"Good format and combination of group work, instructor-led sections, opportunities for discussion and questions. Good combination of theory / pedagogical design / principles and chance to try out tools." -Participant from the School of Humanities.

"Excellent, comprehensive, nuanced and knowledgeable content. Dynamic, relatable presenters. Brilliant group discussions. Ruby is quite the expert." -Participant from the School of Education.