Group Working with International Students - taking a transparent approach to collaborative learning Jackie Willis & Dale Peterson, School of Life Sciences
Issues in group working Monocultural groups Communication Co-operation Collaboration Multicultural groups Language barriers promotes learning Cultural issues develops cultural awareness Inexperience supports personal development
UH – Problem based learning group work Training – induction programmes Providing a ‘comfortable’ environment Facilitation Peer assessment + tutor assessment Formative feedback Transparency of individual contributions – wiki Summative feedback
UH – Assessment
Evaluation – peer assessment & facilitator assessment
Acknowledgements This work was supported through the CABLE4 project Many thanks to other members of the CABLE4 team: Rachel Fox Richard Hoffman Shithal Kantheti and Irene Anderson for her support through CABLE