On-line Team Essay Writing Method
Context – this is used for a graduate level on-line course in Business Administration.
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Teams are given a list of assignment topics and must choose one.
Team members work together to develop an outline for the chosen topic.
The instructor gives feedback on the initial outline.
Team members must determine how to divide up the paper-writing workload.
This can be done according to team member preferences and strengths.
Individual team members work on research and writing for their sections.
Team members exchange preliminary drafts and write comments. They then
make appropriate revisions to their sections.
The team leader takes the roll of gathering all the sections and merging them into
a final document. Formatting must be made consistent and revisions made to
keep the unity of the final document.
Teams must come to a final agreement on the document before submitting it to
the instructor.