The 3 takeaways that I learned from class this week are:
- With Dr.David Stein’s video lecture on Setting group expectations, I have learned that the best way to avoid and resolve group conflicts is by setting up norms, committing to connect, and having a discussion upfront about the potential difficulties. This will ensure that everyone in the group is on the same page about expectations.
- Through this pandemic, online school has been a vital part of receiving an education but it also comes with issues of finding ways to collaborate. This week I learned that to collaborate with other students in an online course knowing your group members, understanding the assignment, defining the roles and responsibilities of each group member and assessing your peers’ strengths are beneficial strategies of having a successful collaboration.
- The last takeaway is that students may be faces with many documents, lecture notes and files that will take alot of space in a device such as a laptop. This week I learned of various tools that will enable peers to store such files with icloud. These tools include Dropbox, Buckeye Box and Google Docs.