Team formation by region to improve outcomes for distance-education students in a PBL course
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Paper/Presentation Title | Team formation by region to improve outcomes for distance-education students in a PBL course |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Wandel, Andrew P. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 41st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011) |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ. United States |
ISBN | 9781612844695 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2011.6142727 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6142727 |
Conference/Event | 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011): Celebrating 41 Years of Monumental Innovations from around the World |
Event Details | 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011): Celebrating 41 Years of Monumental Innovations from around the World Parent ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Event Date 12 to end of 15 Oct 2011 Event Location Rapid City, United States |
Abstract | Because they are not able to meet face-to-face, distance education students find it more difficult to develop team-working skills: an important graduate attribute. In an effort to improve the development of this skill, (where possible) teams in a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course were formed so that students were located in the same city or region. The expectation was that by being close together, the students would be able to communicate with each other more easily, thereby overcoming a barrier to performance. The results of a student survey show that they thought that their team’s cohesion and performance were improved by being close together. All those whose team’s performance was perceived to be improved wished to have the same opportunity to be close together in the future; many whose team’s performance was not improved similarly wanted to work close together in the future. Analysis of the students’ grades shows strong statistical significance that those students who were not geographically close to their teammates had lower grades on average. Efforts should be made to form teams relatively close geographically so that the ease of interaction leads to stronger interpersonal bonds, thereby improving the performance levels of the teams. |
Keywords | distance education; group work; team location; team performance; PBL course; distance-education student; interpersonal bond; problem-based learning; student grade; student survey; team cohesion; team formation; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
401006. Systems engineering | |
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Byline Affiliations | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0yw9/team-formation-by-region-to-improve-outcomes-for-distance-education-students-in-a-pbl-course
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