Online Colleges require successful team building
Most online colleges require their students to work together in teams to
fulfill their coursework obligations. The
University of Phoenix
Online, for example, requires weekly participation and discussion questions,
4 to 5 individual assignments, and 3-4 team assignments. Many other online
programs have similar requirements. Contrary to a popular myth about going to
school online, you won’t be working on your education
alone and isolated.
Education professionals often group online students by geographical areas
To have a successful experience with your college’s online program, use the
following tips when working with your team online:
• Assign team responsibilities. Treat your distance learning assignment just
like a work assignment. Have a second in command for most projects just in case
the person in charge doesn’t follow through.
• Educators like to receive papers that have “one voice.” Formatting, the
outline, even the tone that the paper has should all be worked out before
everybody logs off to do their work.
• Work out chat sessions online to help speed through team discussions. Topics
in threaded discussion groups online can take a really long time to work their
way out since not everybody is online at the same time.
• Plan for the worse online. Set internal deadlines that give you extra time
before the assignment is due in case somebody doesn’t carry their weight.
Educators will usually group students by their geographical areas to help with
time zones. If your educator is new to the online milieu, suggest that you’d
like to be grouped together by time zones.
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