I’m Rob, a thinker about, and a practitioner of collaborative Project-Based Learning (PBL) and collaborative assessment. Through this video collection I’m going to share my thoughts – based on my lived experiences and the project portfolio for my Doctor of Professional Practice (Leadership) – about the challenges and triumphs of “The benefits of together.”
Come on this journey with me; there’s something here for you whether you’re an ākonga (student) taking part in a collaboratively worked/collaboratively assessed course (maybe for the first time), a kaiako (teacher) who is facilitating collaboratively worked/collaboratively assessed courses (maybe for the first time, or maybe you’ve been doing it for a while), or maybe you’re just collaborative curious.
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Collaborative Project Adventure 1 – Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FvtEOH-4nE&t=3s
Welcome to the Great Collaborative Project Adventure In this vlog I’ll introduce myself, and share with you a little bit of my 25+year background with collaborative Project-Based Learning and collaborative assessment. From my undergraduate degree (majoring in Business Psychology) through to my Masters and Doctorate (both majoring in Leadership), I have a strong theoretical background in the area. I’ve also lived the experience myself as a learner and as a facilitator/trainer. On top of that, it’s something I’ve got a passion for, and there’s so much I want to share with you to help enhance your own collaborative lived experiences.
Collaborative Project Adventure VLOG 2 Is working in groups disadvantaging vulnerable learners? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIR_pj80WK4&t=183s
In this vlog I address a question I was asked recently: I’m working with groups in my marketing class, but I have some concerns about whether this is disadvantaging vulnerable learners. Can you help? Part of the answer involves being able to identify exactly what a vulnerability might be, because that will point you in the direction of specific solutions that can be tried out. Do all team members need to be physically present in the same space at the same time to do the work of the project? No, and this is a really critical point. Just because somebody might have a particular vulnerability around being in a particular space, that’s not the same as them not being able to contribute great work as part of a team. In fact, being able to operate remotely may actually help them to do even better work, so it’s important not to confuse presence with ability. One of the realities we’ve discovered as a result of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic is that not everybody has the same level of connectivity with the internet world, so you may need to put some strategies in place to address (or at least work around) this particular vulnerability. If you found this vlog helpful, please click the Like button. Clicking the Subscribe button will ensure you catch future vlogs as they are posted. Until next time, stay safe and be well. Rob
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