Creating Conditions for Collaborative Learning in Student Teams

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I will describe strategies and demonstrate an activity that I use in my teams-based management skills course to create conditions which encourage idea-sharing and collaborative decision-making as opposed to an assembly-line style of production in the execution of team projects. Strategies include project requirements that make collaboration essential and support for constructive team dialogue. I will also engage session participants in a demonstration of a modified nominal group technique that I use and teach in the class. The techniques serves to demonstrate the value of generating and reviewing a large number of ideas, as well as how this can be done in an inclusive and relatively time-efficient manner.

Author(s):

Lee Holmer    
Seattle University
United States