Learning journey

Authentic group project

Nurture transferable skills with real-world collaborative activities

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Pedagogy

Collaborative Learning

Learning outcome

Prep time

Low (<10 min)

Activity type

Learning Journey

Why this learning journey?

Learning journeys are multi-step course templates based on active learning for different target learning outcomes. This journey will help you with:

Implement authentic, multi-layer assessment

The journey encourages students to apply their knowledge to solve a real-world business problem, thus acquiring essential employability skills. With authentic assessment opportunities, instructors can monitor the development of these skills and provide actionable feedback.

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Scalable across modalities and class sizes

Whether it is online, blended, or in-person, you can always adapt this journey to your learning goals and course domains. Moreover, the use of technology allows for scaling to different class sizes: small, medium, and big student cohorts.

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Promote accountability and fairness

By giving students the opportunity to assess their peers’ performance and contributions to the group, instructors can gain deeper insights into team dynamics and ensure that everyone is graded fairly for their work.

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Activity setup

Activity steps

Authentic group project

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Activity steps

Assign students to groups

Using Group Formation, the instructor creates a survey that investigates students’ preferences when working in groups. Based on the survey answers, the tool automatically groups students with other peers who answered similarly (to ensure compatibility) or differently (to complement each other). After all the groups are decided, students proceed to work on the group project.