Collaborative skills
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This document discusses using a scavenger hunt to teach collaborative skills in a fun way. It describes conducting a scavenger hunt with 52 students from different countries on a management course. The objectives were to mix cultures, apply collaboration principles, and work as a team with unclear information and time pressures. Feedback showed most students enjoyed meeting new people and realized collaboration involves compromise. While stressful, students learned collaboration skills can be useful for group work. The scavenger hunt proved it is possible to teach collaboration skills in an enjoyable manner by incorporating real-life challenges and allowing time for reflection.
![STUDENT FEEDBACK
“I LOVED IT! MET PEOPLE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NEVER TALKED TO”
“FOUND MY CAPSTONE GROUP- IF I CAN DO THIS [SH] WITH THESE PEOPLE I CAN
DO A THESIS”
“I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS” I DON’T LIKE WORKING UNDER PRESSURE!”
“AS A FOREIGN STUDENT WHO IS REALLY SHY THIS HELPED ME MAKE FRIENDS”
“I THOUGHT ALL THE COLLABORATION READING WAS BS BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE”
“NEVER THOUGHT OF LEARNING AS FUN”
“WORKING TOGETHER CAN BE HARD WORK, BUT REALSING THE PROJECT ISN’T
JUST ABOUT YOU HELPS!”
“STRESSFUL AND CONFUSING, NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO ME, I AM A LEADER”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/collaborativeskills-200811132501/85/Collaborative-skills-7-320.jpg)
Collaborative skills
- 1. Is it possible to teach/ learn collaborative skills while still having fun? JANE BURNS, HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION CENTRE, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES, UCD
- 2. Defining Collaboration 1. the action of working with someone to produce something 2. traitorous cooperation with an enemy 3. working with other people using different strengths and weakness to accomplish a goal WHERE IS THE FUN IN THIS?
- 3. SCAVENGER HUNT TO THE RESCUE BACKGROUND MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS COURSE CLASS OF 52 STUDENTS (60% MLIS/40% MSc). FROM 12 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES – MANY ENGLISH NOT 1ST LANGUAGE COURSE APPROACH-THEORY & PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS/EXPERIENCE ASSESSMENT IS PRIMARILY BASED ON GROUP WORK WANTED STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND REAL LIFE SCENARIOS TO TEST COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND DEVELOP TEAMWORK
- 4. SCAVENGER HUNT TO THE RESCUE OBJECTIVES ICE BREAKER/MIXING OF CULTURES AND COURSES STUDENTS TO MEASURE THEIR REAL LIFE STRENGTHS COMPARED TO SELF EVALUATION TEAM MENTALITY (COLOURED BANDANAS/US VS. THEM) PRINCIPLES OF COLLABORATION AS APPLIED TO REAL LIFE SOMETIMES YOU ARE PUT INTO GROUPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE YOU DO NOT KNOW INFORMATION YOU ARE GIVEN IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR OR ACCURATE PRESSURE OF TIME FRAMES/BALANCED AGAINST RESULTS
- 5. SCAVENGER HUNT TO THE RESCUE OBJECTIVES IMPORTANCE OF PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR ENVIROMENT CLUES ARE EVERYWHERE-SO PAY ATTENTION APPRECIATION OF UCD SCULPTURE TRAIL , LIBRARY SWOP SHELF AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OUTPUTS FROM ACTIVITY CAPTURING AN EVENT IN TIME DOCUMENTING THE EVENT FOR OTHER PURPOSES(NEWSPAPER HEADLINES/FLORA & FAUNA/ SOCIAL/ TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL META DATA BENEFITS OF REFLECTIONS IN MULTIPLE WAYS TO HAVE SOME FUN !!!!
- 6. GANGS OF UCD
- 7. STUDENT FEEDBACK “I LOVED IT! MET PEOPLE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NEVER TALKED TO” “FOUND MY CAPSTONE GROUP- IF I CAN DO THIS [SH] WITH THESE PEOPLE I CAN DO A THESIS” “I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS” I DON’T LIKE WORKING UNDER PRESSURE!” “AS A FOREIGN STUDENT WHO IS REALLY SHY THIS HELPED ME MAKE FRIENDS” “I THOUGHT ALL THE COLLABORATION READING WAS BS BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE” “NEVER THOUGHT OF LEARNING AS FUN” “WORKING TOGETHER CAN BE HARD WORK, BUT REALSING THE PROJECT ISN’T JUST ABOUT YOU HELPS!” “STRESSFUL AND CONFUSING, NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO ME, I AM A LEADER”
- 8. COLLABORATION IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT CAN IT WORK? DEPENDS BUT WORTH A TRY OFTEN PUT ON COMMITTEES/PROJECTS WITH LITTLE OR NO DIRECTION LEARNING TO DO THIS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT CAN HELP SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE OFFICE/LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT? MAYBE- IF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE CLEAR APPRECIATE THE ENVIRONMENT YOU ARE IN WHAT TOOLS & RESOURCES CAN I DRAW ON NOW AND IN FUTURE REALLY COMMUNICATING AND UNDERSTANDING OTHERS WHERE TEAM WORK IS ESSENTIAL
- 9. FINISH LINE IS IT POSSIBLE TO TEACH/LEARN COLLABORATIVE SKILLS AND STILL HAVE FUN? YES! BUT IT TAKES WORK- ESPECIALLY USING A SCAVENGER HUNT MAPS/CLUES/OBJECTS AND EXTRA HELP (STUDENTS 2013) IT IS MORE THAN A SCAVENGER HUNT CAPTURIING OF INFORMATION- CREATE A MEMORY MAKE SURE THERE IS TIME FOR REFLECTION BRING IN REAL LIFE SCENARIOS- WRONG INFO OR MISDIRECTION BE PREPARED- SOME PEOPLE WILL HATE IT The Orange Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atChMWM_2_A
- 10. THANK YOU Jane Burns, MBA, MLIS, MPHIL, FLAI Twitter: JMBurns99 janeaburns@gmail.com