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DECADES
PROJECT
LESSON 1: How to Improve Collaboration Skills
Introduction
The first lesson covers collaboration skills needed to do well on the Decades Project. Working in teams is part of the requirements to complete this final project. So, this first lesson will help you to learn how to create a team, conduct successful meetings, and to make team decisions that achieve team goals. You will first watch a multimedia presentation on improving collaboration skills. Then you will read the corresponding readings. Next, you complete the collaboration skills assignment and participate in the discussion question for collaboration skills. Finally, you will complete the two-part collaboration skills quiz to check your skills!
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
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Discuss how teams communicate.
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Define team phases.
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Explain how to improve team meetings.
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Identify effective team strategies.
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Podcast
Written vs. Verbal Communication - Kristi Kosina
00:00"Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing: Understanding the Stages of Team Formation." MindTools. Web. 14 Feb. 2016. <https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm>.
"Resolving Team Conflict: Building Stronger Teams by Facing Your Differences." MindTools. Web. 14 Feb. 2016. <https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_79.htm>.
Turner, Paige. "Team Communication Methods." EHow. Demand Media. Web. 14 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ehow.com/info_8465956_team-communication-methods.html>.
READINGS
Introduction
For the first assignment, you will develop an online collaborative environment to help you and your group members meet and make decisions for your project. Specifically, you will create a Facebook Group and interact with group members using the group tools available.
Please click "Read More" to access the instructions for this assignment.
ASSIGNMENT
DISCUSSION QUESTION
CHECK YOUR SKILLS
You have made it this far! Now it is time to see if you learned the objectives of this lesson on collaboration skills. This is a two-part assessment: an individual informal quiz and a group quiz. Please click on the following button for more information and to complete the check your skills assessment on collaborating with team members.
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