{"id":67,"date":"2018-06-06T14:19:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learningtolearnonline\/?post_type=chapter&p=67"},"modified":"2018-09-04T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:45:44","slug":"plan-for-successful-teamwork","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learningtolearnonline\/chapter\/plan-for-successful-teamwork\/","title":{"raw":"Plan for successful teamwork","rendered":"Plan for successful teamwork"},"content":{"raw":"Tuckman suggested that teams move through stages in their life cycle:\u00a0 forming, storming, norming, and performing.\u00a0 At each stage, the group will work through a series of interpersonal tasks, as well as a series of project-related tasks.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2330\"]\"Staircase<\/a> Image Credit: Alice Macpherson and Rawia Inaim[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn the first section of this module, you explored the components of a Community of Inquiry. Both cognitive presence and social presence are required in the online learning community.\u00a0 Tuckman's model of team development also indicates that both components are needed.\u00a0 In a class-based team, it may be easy to focus only on the cognitive output of the group -- the creation of the project, paper, or presentation.\u00a0 However, as you can observe from Tuckman's model, a well-functioning team requires its members to exhibit social presence throughout, communicating well in interpersonal interactions.\r\n\r\nIn the days ahead, you will likely find yourself on a newly forming team in an online environment.\u00a0 Consider the strategies you plan to use to demonstrate social presence and form a strong interpersonal foundation for your newly forming team.\r\n\r\n[footnote]Tuckman, B.W. (1965) \u2018Developmental sequence in small groups\u2019, Psychological Bulletin<\/em>, 63, 384-399. Reprinted in Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal<\/em>\u00a0,Number 3, Spring 2001[\/footnote]","rendered":"

Tuckman suggested that teams move through stages in their life cycle:\u00a0 forming, storming, norming, and performing.\u00a0 At each stage, the group will work through a series of interpersonal tasks, as well as a series of project-related tasks.<\/p>\n

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In the first section of this module, you explored the components of a Community of Inquiry. Both cognitive presence and social presence are required in the online learning community.\u00a0 Tuckman’s model of team development also indicates that both components are needed.\u00a0 In a class-based team, it may be easy to focus only on the cognitive output of the group — the creation of the project, paper, or presentation.\u00a0 However, as you can observe from Tuckman’s model, a well-functioning team requires its members to exhibit social presence throughout, communicating well in interpersonal interactions.<\/p>\n

In the days ahead, you will likely find yourself on a newly forming team in an online environment.\u00a0 Consider the strategies you plan to use to demonstrate social presence and form a strong interpersonal foundation for your newly forming team.<\/p>\n

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