The first assignment was very useful for many reasons. Working as a group for an online class wasn’t an easy thing to do. Everyone had their own agenda, and we had to adjust our schedules to make sure we could get our assignment done. The first assignment was very interesting. It was harder than the second assignment, but I still found it more useful. We had to establish a leader in the group who managed what everyone in the group would do. Thanks to the leader taking initiative, we were able to get our paper done. Our method for getting our paper done was very effective. The first one was also more useful because we applied what we learned in class to do our assignment. .After getting our first group assignment done; we were better prepared for the second assignment. We each knew how we would contribute to get our papers done.
It is true that group work, especially for an online class, can lead to complications if not taken into consideration the amount of focus and determination it takes to succeed well. It especially becomes difficult since the students in the course, for the most part, are rarely to be seen in person and therefore can be harder to get in touch when needed to. There are plenty of occurrences that can occur in this kind of assignment, but in retrospect, can give great benefits for the student in creating a better initiative in completing work under a deadline, and things of that nature. Maintaining the same group also helped in achieving a smoother transition in starting up the second assignment since there wasn't a need to meet everyone and get comfortable with everyone. This is a very good post! :)
ReplyDeleteI can definitely second that. Group work in general is complicated, regardless if in person or via email. This is one of those things where you have to put your pride aside to accommodate others and make the cooperativeness a lot smoother. It's almost like you have to put on a facade. I'm not sure if I was just lucky, but I feel like I had the best group ever. We had no problems with communication and we were extremely open to each other's opinions. But I do agree that working on a group project online is an experience that I will never forget.
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