Group work online can offer a wide range of benefits to your learners. You will likely need to structure the group work a bit more, provide some additional supports and do a bit of pre-planning to help your online learners be successful in their collaborative experience of working in a group towards a common goal. 

This video (3:39) will provide a brief overview of facilitating group work online. 

Additional Resources:

• Best Practices for Large-Enrollment Online Courses, Part 2: Managing groups, peer review, and other peer-to-peer interactions
• Online Students Don’t Have to Work Solo

Next Steps:

• Review these Group Project Resources to help you get started forming the group project instructions, the team charter, and peer evaluations. 

Join the Conversation:

• Join this community of faculty, learning designers and others that are discussing the topic of online group work. Pose questions, engage in dialogue, contribute resources or share your experiences with colleagues. These are our community guidelines. 

Dig Deeper:

• Teaching Toolkit: Group Work