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LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
Diana O’Keeffe
Integrating Learning and Technology
John Jamison
LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
Welcome to Learn Effective
Collaboration Skills
The purpose of the Learn Effective
Collaboration Skills course is to offer the types of
personal collaboration skills a participant may
want to develop and draw upon. Individuals and
teams are often expected to come up with new
ideas or to problem solve. A decision
surrounding which idea is best to move forward
with or which solution is best for a problem can be
reached through effective collaboration.
“Collaboration” without a guide to focus thinking is often random, unproductive, and diminished by interpersonal conflict (Jalote, 2012).
Bringing together several different voices from within an organization helps to raise the profile of ideas that may never have come to the forefront if not for the collaborative effort (Jones, 2010).
LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
Introduction
The target audience for the Effective
Collaboration Skills course is an employee who is
looking to develop collaboration skills for career
or personal growth. A team leader may use the
course as part of team training.
The course is available online . An employee can
access the course at any time. The course is self-
paced and an individual should allow at least an
hour to complete. Basic computer skills will be
necessary to use the suggested web sites for skill
building. No other pre-requisites are necessary.
Learning Objectives
Given articles to read, a learner should be able to remember, understand, and apply
ways in which to discuss ideas in a collaborative environment for an effective outcome.
Given the suggested web applications to use, a learner should be able to create
diagrams or documents as collaboration tools for further analyzing, evaluating, and
sharing of an idea or a solution for problem solving.
Given articles to read, a learner should be able to identify and avoid the pitfalls of group
collaboration to stay on track.
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LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
Learning Activities
The technical tools that can be used as the
activities in the course will give the learner the
visual for understanding and the ability to
create diagrams or documents to be used as
collaboration tools.
Technical tools that encourage collaboration
will enable all participants the ability to either
demonstrate their ideas or analyze others
effectively so they may feel valued.
Before you begin …
Think about the last time you worked
on a project .
1. Was everyone heard?
2. Were the ideas talked through?
3. Did one person take over while others listened?
If you are on a team that makes a decision you don’t really support but you feel you can’t say or do anything about it, your enthusiasm will quickly fade (Mindtools, 2013).
LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS Activities
Read the articles thoroughly and note any items or concepts that you may want to try.
You will be applying and analyzing these concepts in other activities in this course.
Articles Characteristics of Effective
Collaborationhttp://www.brighthubpm.com/resource-management/70714-characteristics-of-effective-collaboration/
Avoiding Groupthink:
Avoiding Fatal Flaws in Group Decision Making
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_82.htm
Right click on link and choose Open hyper link or place in browser.
LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
One way to begin the collaboration effort, an individual may want to describe an idea or explain a problem to others.
An individual may need further understanding of the topic being presented.
Brainstorming may be key to getting started.
Activity
Visit the Visuwords website for a dictionary/thesaurus that automatically creates word associations in a diagram. A sample diagram is on the next slide.
Link - http://www.visuwords.com/
Use it by inserting a key word or phrase from an idea or problem into the center of Visuwords to create a diagram. Seeing a word or phase described in various ways will aid in remembering and understanding the topic.
LEARN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS
Create a decision tree that shows the central idea or problem.
By seeing the topic in the center and creating branches to additional ideas or solutions, individuals can make visual comparisons to analyze the best outcome.
Apply suggestions from the articles that you read while creating this decision tree, for instance, encouraging everyone to contribute.
A branch may represent each contributor.
Activity Visit the Mindmeister web site to
create a decision tree or mind map.
Use the tools to create branches or connections to other ideas.
Sample diagram is on the next slide.
Link - http://www.mindmeister.com/
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You may want to create a document or spreadsheet for further evaluation from leaders based on the decision tree.
Everyone collaborating on the project will want to have the access to the document at the same time.
The document can be collectively critiqued before presentation.
This demonstrates that the outcome of collaboration is the efforts of many, not just one as mentioned in the articles.
Activity Visit the Google Docs web site to
experience the choices that are available for effective collaborating.
Notice on the next slide that people are contributing to the document at the same time.
Link- http://www.youtube.com/docs
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AssessmentDescribe how using Visuwords increased your ability to remember, understand, and
brainstorm an idea.
Describe how you were able to apply key concepts from the articles, such as listening skills or being respectful of other ideas, to creating a diagram in Mindmeister.
How did seeing a diagram created in Mindmeister help you analyze a topic?
How do you think you or your team would benefit from using an application like Google Docs?
How did using technology, like the ones mentioned, improve your ability to collaborate?
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References
Jalote, S. (2012). Assessing collaborative skills in the workplace. Retrieved from
http://www.futuregov.asia/blog/2012/oct/25/assessing-collaborative-skills-
workplace/
Jones, N. (2010). Collaboration at work: a look at the pros and cons. Retrieved from
http://www.brighthub.com/office/collaboration/articles/73856.aspx
Mindtools, (2013). Avoiding groupthink: avoiding fatal flaws in group decision
making. Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_82.htm
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Resources
Google Docs (2013). Google docs. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/docs
Mindmeister (2013). Mindmeister. Retrieved from http://www.mindmeister.com/
Mindtools (2013). Avoiding groupthink: avoiding fatal flaws in group decision making.
Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_82.htm
Tyson, B. (2011). Characteristics of effective collaboration. Retrieved from
http://www.brighthubpm.com/resource-management/70714-characteristics-of-effective-
collaboration/
Visuwords. (2013) Visuwords. Retrieved from http://www.visuwords.com/