Benefits of Team Building:
Team building activities have the ability to reinforce important skills such as:
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Team building can help to develop collaborative skills such as:
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Designing or Selecting an Activity:
Identify the instructional objectives:
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Challenge of the task:
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Ensure tasks encourage division of labour, interdependence, and involvement:
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Identify group size:
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Time required:
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Scaffolded collaboration:
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During the Activity:
Find your place:
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Determine expectations:
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Show and Tell:
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Types of Team Building Activities:
Intellectual Challenges:
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Physical Challenges:
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Combination:
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Team Building Resource Links:
Research References:
Carnegie Mellon University. (n.d.). What are the benefits of group work? . Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Centre. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/instructionalstrategies/groupprojects/benefits.html.
Centre for Teaching Excellence. (2019, March 4). Implementing Group Work in the Classroom. https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/alternatives-lecturing/group-work/implementing-group-work-classroom.
Carnegie Mellon University. (n.d.). What are the benefits of group work? . Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Centre. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/instructionalstrategies/groupprojects/benefits.html.
Centre for Teaching Excellence. (2019, March 4). Implementing Group Work in the Classroom. https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/alternatives-lecturing/group-work/implementing-group-work-classroom.