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Establishing Individual Roles
When you are assigned to work with a group and collaborate with others, it is common for each person to be assigned roles. These roles give you different experiences in working with others and help keep the discussions and work moving forward. You will find some common roles below that group members might take when working collaboratively online.
Leader/Manager
Keeps the group on task
Gets everyone to participate
Arranges the time and purpose for meetings
Contributes to the discussion
Monitor/Gatekeeper/Encourager
Encourages participation
Praises the ideas of others
Keeps communication moving
Helps group leader keep group focused on topic
Contributes to the discussion
Reporter/Summarizer
Reports to the teacher as necessary
Researches and gathers materials for the group
Provides a summary at the end of each group discussion
Contributes to the discussion
Recorder
Records the main points of the discussion
Writes down any decisions made by the group
Sends notes to the people who participate and to the teacher
Contributes to the discussion
Setting Goals and Deadlines
As you work with others, you learn to multitask to accomplish your personal responsibilities and responsibilities with your group members. Time management is the process of planning and controlling the amount of time you spend on activities. Managing your time can help you be successful when working on discussions, group projects, or other tasks. The first time management strategy is to set goals. A goal is the result you want to achieve. In discussion threads, you might set goals such as:
Increase your research before posting
Make an extra comment
Ask a question
Explore something different from the posts of others
Move the discussion into a new, related topic by posing a new question or controversial thought
Another strategy for time management is to set deadlines. In order to accomplish all of your tasks, you need to know when
When you are assigned to work with a group and collaborate with others, it is common for each person to be assigned roles. These roles give you different experiences in working with others and help keep the discussions and work moving forward. You will find some common roles below that group members might take when working collaboratively online.
Leader/Manager
Keeps the group on task
Gets everyone to participate
Arranges the time and purpose for meetings
Contributes to the discussion
Monitor/Gatekeeper/Encourager
Encourages participation
Praises the ideas of others
Keeps communication moving
Helps group leader keep group focused on topic
Contributes to the discussion
Reporter/Summarizer
Reports to the teacher as necessary
Researches and gathers materials for the group
Provides a summary at the end of each group discussion
Contributes to the discussion
Recorder
Records the main points of the discussion
Writes down any decisions made by the group
Sends notes to the people who participate and to the teacher
Contributes to the discussion
Setting Goals and Deadlines
As you work with others, you learn to multitask to accomplish your personal responsibilities and responsibilities with your group members. Time management is the process of planning and controlling the amount of time you spend on activities. Managing your time can help you be successful when working on discussions, group projects, or other tasks. The first time management strategy is to set goals. A goal is the result you want to achieve. In discussion threads, you might set goals such as:
Increase your research before posting
Make an extra comment
Ask a question
Explore something different from the posts of others
Move the discussion into a new, related topic by posing a new question or controversial thought
Another strategy for time management is to set deadlines. In order to accomplish all of your tasks, you need to know when