Using a tool like Mentimeter, Google docs or a flip-over chart, have students come up with their own ground rules for interaction. The discussion can be guided with questions like: “What do you need from the group to participate in discussions? If we have to collaborate, how will we do that? How are we going to disagree with each other?”.
This exercise can be used for project groups to establish ground rules for interaction and collaboration, or for big groups to establish ground rules for discussion during lectures or tutorials. (Examples of such ground rules can be: All statements/questions must be stated respectfully; we address sensitive remarks; we allow room for mistakes and learning, etc.).
See also this VU Education Lab video for student on learning to collaborate.
Mixed Classroom phase?
Phase 1: SensitizingMixed Classroom strategies?
Establish ground rules for interaction and discussionReinforcing ground rules for interaction
For which total group size?
More than three hundredMore than one hundred
Between fifty and one hundred
Up to fifty
Up to twenty five
How to execute: Individual or in groups?
Small group (2-4 pers)Medium Group (5-12 pers)