A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING TEAM-EFFECTIVENESS IN TEAM-BASED PROJECTS

摘要

This paper outlines the pedagogical foundations and preliminary design of a proposed on-line tool to support the teaching of team-effectiveness skills through team-based projects. This online tool allows students to learn about team-effectiveness and their individual team-effectiveness competencies through the use of self- and peer-assessment in their project teams. The development of our team-effectiveness framework is described with a focus on how it aims to stimulate students to provide mature feedback. Methods used to motivate students to learn about and improve their team-effectiveness competencies are also described. The intended integration of the tool into the curriculum is outlined, highlighting an on-line student portfolio on team-effectiveness that allows students to track their improvement longitudinally across different project teams throughout their undergraduate studies. This work has been developed for team-based design projects in undergraduate engineering but is also applicable in other disciplines.