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Tma02
requirements
on T171 website Exercise
5 requirements
on T171 website
© Stephanie Bell
2000 - PI: T4666584
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In part two of Tma02, our tutor
group was separated into four smaller groups of five people. Each group
had to make a web channel with each person choosing a subject from a list,
then making a page about it.
I found working as a group quite different from working alone because it
meant that we had to reach a consensus about the project. It was also
significantly slower to get started as a group owing to the fact that we
had to wait for everyone to contribute before making decisions. Some of
the group were a slightly behind with their coursework and felt a somewhat
pressurised into contributing at a certain time. Others hardly contributed to the discussion
at all but preferred to work quietly in the background though it would
have been better to be kept more informed of their progress. After this
experience, I had a low opinion of group working and favoured working
alone on projects.
This was until we had to work in small groups (again) for exercise 5 of
Module 2: "Developing web authoring skills". A web channel was required from each group yet again. Our
tutor had resigned at this time so we joined another tutor group that consisted of only
4 or 5 students. The group work helped to break the ice with some of our new
colleagues. This time, the project was more organised and more people
contributed than in the previous project. There were no conflicting ideas
or lack of enthusiasm. The group seemed to help and support each other
with any problems. We
were more experienced with group work.
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