Dick, Carey, and Carey: Instructional Strategy - Student Grouping

The third element of an instructional strategy is a description of student grouping; that is, how will students be grouped? When deciding upon grouping, consider:

  • requirements for social interaction explicitly stated in the objectives
  • requirements for social interaction in the performance environment
  • the importance of collaboration in the learning environment (read Palloff and Pratt's Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community to learn about the importance of community in the online environment)
  • the restraints of the delivery system (e.g. more time needs to be allotted for online collaboration than F2F collaboration).
  • personal philosophy of learning

Can you think of other important considerations?

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