TY - GEN
T1 - SmartGroup
T2 - 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2018
AU - Zhu, Haining
AU - Rai, Nitish K.
AU - Carroll, John M.
PY - 2018/10/30
Y1 - 2018/10/30
N2 - Small-group learning activities (SGLAs) are efficient and viable means of improving student learning, but they are not universally used in higher education, in part because of instructor management burden and effort. We believe that a tool-based approach to SGLAs can minimize instructor burden while still facilitating SGLA and associated student benefits. We designed the SmartGroup system, an instructional intervention which aims at being minimally burdensome to instructors. The system relies upon generalized, modular components and two novel features, group reshuffling and a grade appeals process conducted by student appeal graders. We believe this tool-based approach can effectively lead to the management of scale-free SGLAs, as it reduces reliance on instructors and increases self and peer learning opportunities. We plan to conduct empirical studies of the SmartGroup system, further research the theoretical space surrounding SGLAs, and further develop paradigm cases for various categories of SGLAs.
AB - Small-group learning activities (SGLAs) are efficient and viable means of improving student learning, but they are not universally used in higher education, in part because of instructor management burden and effort. We believe that a tool-based approach to SGLAs can minimize instructor burden while still facilitating SGLA and associated student benefits. We designed the SmartGroup system, an instructional intervention which aims at being minimally burdensome to instructors. The system relies upon generalized, modular components and two novel features, group reshuffling and a grade appeals process conducted by student appeal graders. We believe this tool-based approach can effectively lead to the management of scale-free SGLAs, as it reduces reliance on instructors and increases self and peer learning opportunities. We plan to conduct empirical studies of the SmartGroup system, further research the theoretical space surrounding SGLAs, and further develop paradigm cases for various categories of SGLAs.
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U2 - 10.1145/3272973.3274070
DO - 10.1145/3272973.3274070
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85058113570
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 261
EP - 264
BT - CSCW 2018 Companion - Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 3 November 2018 through 7 November 2018
ER -