External Links on Teams

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Penn State Links

Team Building Modules for Students

IST Teamwork Overview
Focused on long-term projects

iStudy Cooperative Learning Module

Instructor Resources

IST Guidelines for Student Teams
Focused on long-term projects

Developing and Implementing Effective Team Projects in ANGEL
Includes general tips and team tips for ANGEL.

TLT Showcase Ideas for Teamwork

Student Guidelines for Electronic Communication at Penn State
Tips for how to make electronic communication clearer and non-offensive.

Schreyer Institute ALEx (Active Learning Exchange)
In the Search menu, select option #4, "Collaborative learning" to review suggestions for collaborative activities.

Schreyer Institute "Puzzled About Teams" (For Students)

University Learning Centers: Forming an Independent Study Group
Tips for students on how to organize and conduct a study group

iStudy Collaborative Learning Resources
Links to pages on team building and team work

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Technology Resources

ANGEL Tools for Teams
A page listing tools for teamwork in the Penn State ANGEL Course Management System, plus links on where to get more information. Includes team communication and team file management.

University Learning Centers Teamwork Center
A new lab in 220 Boucke which includes team work areas for 4-6 students with one computer and one whiteboard or chalkboard. Call the University Learning Centers to make reservations.

U Drive for Student Computing Labs
Students can connect to content in the labs or from home via SFTP. Shared subfolders can be set up as well.

PASS Space (Log in Required)
Another file management system where files can be stored. Files uploaded onto the Personal Web Server ("www" folder) can be viewed by other students.

Penn State COLA Accounts
Apply for additional Web space for your course which can be navigated via the PASS file space. Directories can be assigned to different teams.

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Outside Penn State

This Section: For Instructors | Grading Teams | For Students | Icebreakers

For Instructors

M.I.T. Teaching Teamwork Skills
Practical tips to faculty using teams including assessing teams.

Berkeley Group Work and Study Teams
Review of learning tips from all angles

University of Wisconsin Collabiorative Learning
Discussion of aspects of teams and collaborative learning

How to Help Teams Who Will not Cooperate (Scroll to Section 12)
Part of University of California - Davis tutorial on cooperative learning

Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures Pitfalls and Payoffs
A case study of how team learning was included in a chemistry course.

Student Teams in Engineering
From the Foundation Coalition for Engineering Education

Arts and Humanities Teams - University of Maryland University Colleges
Has case studies from the arts and humanities.

Leadership and Teams - National School Board Association
Although the focus is on school boards, this site contains good practical tips and explanations for teambehavior.

Queensland University Assessing Group Tasks
Links to a P.D.F. Handbook with tips for using and assessing teams in the class.

Grading Teams

Penn State Sample Team Peer Evaluation Form (Engineering Design and Graphics 100)
Asks students to split a hypothetical "bonus" among team members.

MIT Teaching Teamwork

Accounting for Team Learning Syllabus, September 2002.

Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning (Evergreen State College)

Peer Evaluation Form (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)