Archive for January, 2010

Are Checklists worth the effort? The Checklist and the Group Project

Thanks for returning! I have a Facebook Fan page and Twitter account that you may be interested in too.I don’t know about you, but I am the type of person that likes to get things quickly and not spend a lot of time debating or arguing. Case in point, whenever I go shopping I tend [...]

Self-control is a social phenomenon?

Here’s an interesting result from a scientific study – self-control (or lack of it) is infectious! In other words, these studies found that when we affiliate ourselves with people who have a lot (or little) self-control it affects our life decisions. Maybe this isn’t so shocking after all since we know that group think is [...]

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What’s the State of Distance Learning?

Part1 of A Review of Technology and Education This article is part I of my multi-part investigation into the extent that technology is becoming a part of the educational process. As I am building a website which is designed for students to collaborate and manage their group projects online, I thought it important to investigate [...]

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Road Block! How to Move your Group Projects Forward

Have you ever worked on a group project which seemed doomed to failure? I think most of us have been there at least once. At the point where a project gets stalled it’s extremely important to get past whatever obstacle is impeding your project because your morale will suffer and your deadline will soon approach. [...]

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