How can you help students overcome their distaste for collaborative group work online (and also thereby change your view of such work)? Wendy Trevor discusses how the timing of the assignment, the structure, instructor presence, feedback, and a grading rubric which privileges individual contributions, and signals the importance of engaging with others' views, can help students approach group work more positively. Additionally, she touches on how group projects can foster the kind of communication skills and cooperative work employers today value.

Resources related to online group work:

• How Can Understanding Group Dynamics Lead to Better Group Work?
• Online Group Work: Making it Meaningful and Manageable
• How Can I Make Online Group Projects More Effective?
• How Do I Assign Students to Groups?

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