2. Team Collaboration = Academic Success
Team Collaboration allows all team members to work together towards the same
goal.
Successful collaboration requires respects for others, self responsibilities and
contributions from different experiences.
Creating a successful collaboration between team members all members must
communicate open and freely, support of ideas and value every members
contribution to the assignment/project.
Increase in team collaboration can increase the academic success of the project.
Working as a team creates a more effective outcome.
3. Conflict Resolution Leads to Learning
Opportunities
Conflict amongst teams are natural and necessary. Many opinions being
discussed can cause for some disagreements.
Strategies for resolving conflict
Identify the problem and the underlying issues within the team
Brainstorm options for resolutions
Develop action steps to resolving the issue
Make a decision and discuss the “what if’s” of the decision
It is crucial to learn from mistakes as a team so that way the same mistake doesn’t
get made twice. It also gives the team an opportunity to learn more about everyone.
4. Utilizing Each Team Member’s
Learning Style as an Opportunity to
Strengthen the Team Dynamic.
Will create a product through collaborative efforts that exceed any one
individual ideas.
Will increase creativity and problem solving skills through higher quality of
the outcome.
Will result in an systematic approach to solving problems.
Allows the teams to have skill sets and perspectives that are superior to
what a single individual produce.
5. Crucial Communication Skills for an
Effective Learning Team
Communicate openly and positively in order for the team to learn and
develop.
Handle conflict directly and be willing to compromise.
Give and receive effective feedback.
Communicate through various mechanisms (email, phone, or in person).
6. Learning Team Charter as a Tool for
Success
What is a Team Charter?
A team charter is a “roadmap” for success. It is the essential first step to any
group project. It details the group’s purpose, its boundaries, and its available
resources.
It outlines the group’s plans for dealing with any conflict which may occur.
A Team Charter is crucial for the success of the team.
The quality of the group’s work will largely depend on the amount of effort and
thought put into the charter by the group.
7. Collaboration and the Team Charter
How is the Team Charter so helpful in ensuring the contribution and
collaboration of all the members?
A Team Charter that has been well-thought out and thoroughly filled out will
detail the team’s intended procedures and policies.
A Team Charter discusses strategies to ensure that all members are contributing
and collaborating effectively.
The Team Charter also discusses methods for dealing with conflict so the
team will know how to manage and resolve it in an efficient manner.
8. Collaboration and the Team Charter
There are several questions to ask during the chartering process that will
prepare the group for what kind of collaborating and contributing is
expected of them. Such as:
Will the team be managed by a leader, or self-managed?
If there is no leader, then who is responsible for ensuring that the team reaches their
goal?
What are the team’s boundaries?
How much time will be given? How often are members expected to meet?
When and where will the team meet? How will it meet? How will members
communicate with one another?
9. Effective Components Necessary for
Team Success
Having roles in the group.
Being a supportive teammate. But not too personal, because it may not
allow work to be done effectively.
Create a positive environment so everyone on the team feels their
thoughts and ideas are validated.
Expect each member to show respect and listen
10. Effective Components Necessary for
Team Success Continued
Leadership is an important role in a team.
Leaders make everyone feel engaged and responsible
Leaders delegate and do not micromanage.
Leaders should help team members resolve disputes.
11. Motivational Strategies to Increase
Productivity
Recognizing and utilizing individuals strengths to get the most out to the
individual.
Encourage ideas to be shared by all team mates.
Validate teammates thoughts and ideas to make each teammate feel
important to the teams success.
Don’t pass judgment or ridicule but instead facilitate success.
12. References
Learning Team Toolkit. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2015, from
http://www.apollolibrary.com/Library/ltt/toolkit1.aspx#Essentials
Porter, S. (2003). Managing Conflict in Learning Teams. University of
Phoenix. pp. 1-9.
Teams in the Workplace
http://www.apollolibrary.com/Library/ltt/download/TeamsintheWorkplace.pdf
Editor's Notes
The leader of team B would start off with this introduction slide. The team should all have assigned slides that will be discussed throughout the power point. Start off by discussing how important it is to not only have good collaboration between team members but for it to be successful. Speaker should talk about how the following slides will talk about how to build team dynamics and how to become successful with the team.
Speaker should touch on each bullet point. Make emphasis on how the correct collaboration of a team will equal to academic success rather then working alone as an individual. Speaker should add in a personal story of the difference between a team project and an individual project and the positive aspects of working as a team.
The Speaker should discuss how difficult it is to go through conflict and although conflict is never comfortable it is bound to happen. Conflict is something that everyone is going to have to deal with and will happen. Speaker will go through each bullet point and branch off and discuss each point in a bit more detail.
At the end of the slide, the speaker should mention the line from the Learning Team Toolkit which says “There is a direct proportional relationship between the amount of time and intellectual effort we spend chartering our teams and the likelihood those teams will achieve their goals.”
At the first sub-bullet the speaker will give the examples: “A team charter asks what the expectations for involvement and time management are for the members, such as communication and accessibility. At this point in the chartering process the team should discuss what those expectations are ahead of time”.
Speaker continues without the slide: “Questions such as these that plan out how the members will break down the tasks, assign tasks, and establish a working timeline are crucial to ensuring that all members contribute to the team’s goal”
