Title: Group work assignment
Course: Case_Study_Module_Template

When learners have finished the individual assignments, they should focus on the group work assignment. This is the last step before finishing the case study module.

In order for the learners to successfully complete the group work, you should post all relevant information such as:

1.  When the groups will be formed and posted. We think it is more productive if the course teacher(s) create the groups.
2.  Assign who will be responsible for group communication.
3.  Give clear instructions about what the group work is about and what is expected from the group (learners).

Note: The person responsible for the group should also be able to add members to their group workarea (padlet). For that he /she will need to enter their email address - please provide the emails of the group members to each group. The following video explains how to do this:

4.  Inform about format of the report (number of words, structure or any other information you consider relevant) and deadline for submission.

5.  Assessment of group work - also provide the criteria for the assessment of the group work.

You should also add a file with the groups and the group work topics. When editing is on, at the bottom of this page you will see "+add activity of resource".

Here you should provide an explanatory text. A text example is provided below. You can adapt to your specific needs.

When you have gone through all the resources of the 5 Themes and finished all of the individual assignments, you are ready for the group work. This is the last step before finishing the case study module.

In order to successfully complete the group work, please read through the following bullet points carefully:

1.       Please scroll down to the bottom of this page where you can find the 'group work topics' and the 'groups'.

2.       The first person in a group’s listing is responsible for setting up group communication. Group communication will preferably run via the forum. The first person on the list will therefore create a new post on the forum and, the other members can reply to this post to initiate communication.

3.       Each group has been assigned a group work topic. In group, you will write a report on this topic. This report should be published in a new group padlet. The first person on your group’s list will create a new padlet and post it on the lino. The responsible of the group also needs to add the group members to the group padlet. How to add members to your group padlet, is shown in the video here (here you should add link to video). To add members to your group you will need to enter their email address.

4.       The report should not exceed 5000 words, i.e. 10 pages single spaced (number serves as guidance). This should result in a final report that is a unique piece of work! We do encourage sharing ideas among groups, but remember to always apply proper referencing when using other groups’ or other people’s work.

5.       The group report should be based on the following template.

Sections of the report | Specific questions to be analysed
- Title of the research topic |
- Authors of the report and their affiliation |
- Date of the report |
- Executive summary |
- Introduction | - What is this report about?
- Results - main body of the report
- What are the main aspects of your topic?
- What are the current challenges concerning your topic?
- Which recommendations does your group provide?
- What are your findings?
- Which pictures, figures or other online media improve your report?
- Conclusion and suggestions |
- References | - You must reference articles, papers, internet sources appropriately.