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Microsoft form questionnaire – Using Technology for Group Work

This questionnaire will be shared with students at the beginning of their group project to gauge their confidence and thoughts on using technology for group work.

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Link to (anonymous) Padlet for student’s comments on group work.

This Padlet will be shared with students in a workshop to demonstrate how others in the class feel about using technology for group work. 

Questionnaire results

Using Technology for group work(1-13)

Highlights

 

  1. On a scale of 1-5 how confident are you currently in using technology for collaborative group work?

    4.00 Average Result.

      

  2. What were the barriers to effective group work, and how do you think technology helped to overcome these?

    “Communicating with each other in one space can often be a barrier. Technology can help this as we do not need to rely on travelling far distances.”
    “digital communication helps save time and can help by getting messages across easier.”
    “Communication and time management”
    “Keeping records of meetings”
    “Some people may not work as hard as they could have. I think technology may help, (bbcollab.com)” 

  3. How did you use technology to communicate with your group when you are not in the same location?

    “By using WhatsApp or email.”
    “WhatsApp for communicating. Google Docs for online collaboration.”
    “Skype or messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messanger..

  4. How did you minute your group meetings?

    “Google Doc”
    “By hand in person”
    “On a word document”​
    “Taking notes on paper

  5. How did you record and justify the work of each group member?

    “Validation from the rest of the group.”
    “Designating tasks and planned work per member.”
    “On another Google Drive doc setting up a calendar with tasks to be done and by who. Which once the task is finished the person has to change the status of it”
    “It was really hard, mostly from memory and notes”

  6. What did you include in your personal journal?

    “Appendices within personal reflection”
    “All my relevant contributions to the team work and how I behaved and faced the challenges of working between a team.”
    “Notes to myself for the reflective work for later use.”