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I was a little confused about how this week was going to be structured. In Module 3, I saw a discussion area for one group, but I didnrsquo;t see any other groups. I didnrsquo;t realize that certain discussion areas can be set up to only be viewed by a select group of students. Also, I posted an item during the end of the week for Module 3 and didnrsquo;t see any response for quite some time. I wondered whether I should have done that. Eventually, I did get responses.

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I like the idea of jigsaw learning, but I donrsquo;t think the way we used it was very effective. First of all, there seemed to be uncertainty related to how the group should get started. Someone set up a wiki, which helped get things moving. But then we worked independently, posted to the wiki, made a few revisions, combined the paper and posted it for final revisions. While I thought communication and participation of all members of the group was excellent, I didnrsquo;t feel that the process was very collaborative or that we learned much about the jigsaw learning process from each other. It felt more like we worked independently to developed individual papers that were combined into a final product. The discussions that we usually participate in seem more collaborative than this project.

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Irsquo;m not sure how we could have made this exercise more collaborative or how we could have created more of a group learning exercise. One of the problems is the varying schedules we have and the need to get things done when we can. One member of the group suggested a chat, but finding a time proved to be problematic. The wiki helped and we also posted in the discussion area. Maybe this is an example of the need for the availability of multiple tools. Learners select what works for them to advance their learning process. The drawback, it seems, is the nature and level of motivation of the learner. Is he or she an independent, self-directed learner? Is asynchronous contact with other members of the team acceptable to the learning objective? Is the final assessment of learning perceived as being fair to the all of the members of the group?

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Having said this, I still enjoyed working on this project. I liked researching a topic that is of interest to me with the possibility of using it in the future. I also gained valuable information from the assessment tools that the others in the group researched. I havenrsquo;t had the opportunity to see all of the other postings from the other groups, but the one I have looked at will add to my knowledge of assessment tools and their uses. I plan to save the final paper from each group for future reference.

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