Group work skills with DIDA

Group engagement and assignments are ever popular strategies for learning in universities. They’re based on sound educational theory, encourage social interactions, and can elicit some excellent learning outcomes when you know how to make the most of a group learning process. But they can feel like an irritation: confusing, unfair, organisationally difficult and educationally unfulfilling. If you're sturggling with group work, the process can result in anxiety, boredom, isolation and bewilderment.

This workshop explores the challenges and suggests solutions for effective and engaging group work at the level of planning, participation and outcomes. And it does it by including group work!

Come to the Writing Studio on Thursday 13th October, 10am!

Presented by Dr Linda Westphalen. Linda is an Education Specialist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Education in the Faculty of ABLE. A nationally recognised OLT citation winner, long-term teacher and education administrator, Linda teaches in the areas of culture, diversity and inclusion, pedagogy and engagement, and student wellbeing. With colleagues Colleen Ortega and Jacqui Faliszewski, she co-coordinates the Student Wellbeing in Teaching and Learning Community of Practice.