by Evelyn Beck

IT'S NOT EASY, mostly due to student resistance, but on-line group projects can be undertaken successfully. And if they're handled well, the experience can mirror real kinds of on-line collaboration that today's students will face increasingly in their careers.

Students don't like on-line groups, mainly because such groups require extra time and because they require student participation at scheduled times, which seems contrary to the whole notion of asynchronous on-line learning. And students in Web-based courses have the same complaints about group work as students in traditional classrooms: some students do all the work.

Welcome! The article you'd like to read is available to AdjunctNation.com site pass holders, or to those without a yearly site-pass for purchase with AdjunctNation SitePass credits. Your AdjunctNation SitePass credit purchases compensate the writers directly!

If you like, visit our secure online store to purchase AdjunctNation SitePass credits or subscribe. PLEASE NOTE: If you're already registered, you don't need to register again to read the article! You need to login, go to our secure online store, and purchase AdjunctNation SitePass credits.