Part of our Teaching at a Distance series. In which Rachel Phillips, OER Project Learning Scientist, outlines potential roles for students to foster positive collaboration in unmonitored small group work. ---------- We're doing...

For small group communication, theory has practical uses like the explanatory and predictive function. These both provide us ways to use theory to improve our group experiences and our small group and team effectiveness.

Grouphate describes those feelings of dread that some people have about working in groups, teams, and meetings. Plus, some statistics on groups and teams here will help you see how common working alongside others really is.

Learn how to communicate competently in groups based upon the research. We're working from Beebe and Masterson's Communicating in Small Groups.

Group Attraction explains why we join certain groups and not others. This video looks at the top three reasons we are attracted to groups.

How does Emergent Leadership in groups work? What makes some people emerge as and become leaders while others do not? Here's a list of Dos and Don'ts to increase your chances.

The path to better food is paved with data, says entrepreneur Erin Baumgartner. Drawing from her experience running a farm-to-table business, she outlines her plan to help create a healthier, zero-waste food system that values the...

How to become an effective team member. To do this, research shows you have to contribute in specific ways to group and team meetings. Learn those ways in this video coming from Beebe and Masterson's book on Communicating in Small Groups.

Learn the telltale characteristics of effective team members. There are various ways to show you are effective from Beebe and Masterson's book on Communicating in small groups.

Pupil outcome: I can explain the contribution charities, NGOs and groups make in our community. Key learning points: - Charities address community needs, focusing on helping people, the environment and animals. - NGOs offer humanitarian...

Enid is a literacy consultant working with educators across the nation and the world to strengthen reading and writing instruction. Enid was a Senior Staff Developer for more than 10 years at the Teachers College Reading and...

Emergent leadership describes the way some professionals get noticed and rise up. Research on groups and teams shows specific make-or-break behaviors position some individuals and eliminate others. This research is originally from the...

Enid is a literacy consultant working with educators across the nation and the world to strengthen reading and writing instruction. Enid was a Senior Staff Developer for more than 10 years at the Teachers College Reading and...

The stages of group development or decision emergence theory (Aubrey Fisher) describes what you have likely experienced in a team. This video looks a Fisher's four phases of group decision making and development (1970), sometimes...

Learn the characteristics of effective teams, the key behaviors that separate effective teams from the rest from Beebe and Masterson's book on Communicating in Small Groups.

Paul Andersen describes how he is teaching remotely in both conferences and classrooms. He tries to focus on good pedagogy rather than technology. The main topics include Whole Class Instruction, Science Investigations, Student...

The modern hard drive is an object that can likely hold more information than your local library. But how does it store so much information in such a small space? Kanawat Senanan details the generations of engineers, material scientists,...

The Organizational Communication channel is hosted by Alex Lyon (Ph.D.). He also hosts Communication Coach, a related Youtube channel. He is a Professor of Communication.

Some teachers say they try "group work" but then complain that it doesn't work. In reality, those students don't see the benefits of group work and don't have the skills to effectively work as a team. That's where the activities and...

Perhaps the biggest challenge for a Team Leader is managing a remote team. We evolved to work together in small groups and in a small area. Now, managing remote teams can involve people all over the globe.



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Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab's discovery of a new class of...

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