Download This slide deck and video presents the NASA approach to building effective teams. From National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2019). Virtual project management challenge. Washington, DC: NASA.
Authors recommend techniques such as providing learners with guidelines and/or prompts to list subtasks needed to complete a larger task, the resources and tools needed to complete each subtask, and ways to prioritize each subtask by importance to achieving the goal. They recommend offering learners
Authors recommend techniques such as showing examples of excellent work and discussing what elements make it excellent and providing clear guidelines about how product excellence is the goal--not mere "effort." From Wilson, M., & Gerber, L. E. (2008). How generational theory can improve teaching: strategies
Download Authors created a self-assessment questionnaire of students' learning about business fundamentals as part of a simulated business project. This may be used to help instructors and students check learning. From Seethamraju, R. (2011). Enhancing student learning of enterprise integration and business process orientation through an
Download Authors created an online environment for students to create and operate an e-commerce website. The project required students to form teams, write a business plan, develop an e-shop, engage in e-shopping on various team platforms, and evaluate each team's platform. This excerpt from the research
Download Authors engaged IT students in both technical and business-oriented tasks, such as discussing financial aspects of a project and selling their solution. As part of this project, the authors required teams to generate project notebooks addressing both technical and business elements. This scoring rubric illustrates
Authors recommend assigning a technical task that requires students from distinct technical courses to coordinate. This involves creating a task for two or more different technical classes and then requiring students to form teams, meet, and coordinate the technical aspects of the work. The researchers
Download An excerpt from a research article describes the benefits on building future problem solving skills of offering lessons that involve learners in innovating solutions, not just learning procedures. From "Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. Transfer
Download A survey of 66 graduates of a midwestern IT program indicated that "desire to learn" was a critical skill on the job. From Davis, D. C. (2003). Job titles, tasks, and experiences of information systems and technologies graduates from a Midwestern university. Journal of Information
View A method for customizing the design of learning objectives for individual students, involving the students. An online course link is provided. From University of Colorado, Denver. (2007). Learning contracts: An online tutorial for faculty. Denver, CO: University of Colorado. Retrieved from http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/center-for-faculty-development/Documents/Tutorials/LearningContracts/module3/index.htm