Community Knowledge

 “ Perhaps the roots of this assumption lie in behaviorism, with its emphasis on the individual organism, or perhaps they lie in the models of assessment that drive educational systems. Intelligence and aptitude are always measured individually, and scoring systems are based on comparison and competition among individuals. Evaluation of learning is based on individual performance in education from the first grade through to doctoral studies. Western society values individualism.”

What if every time a group project was assigned, we taught collaboration, had regular graded checkpoints that only evaluated group interaction and then didn’t allow any individual breakout evaluation for the end product? 

At that point, if one person does the entire project, it’s kind of on them because there was sufficient time to address problematic behavior. 

But still “ But still, this is primarily about how an individual person learns to work with others, not learn in relation to others”

In a module on networking, I asked participants to interview the best networker they know and do a 1-2 slide readout of their takeaways. This prompted learners to tap into the knowledge in their own communities and then share it. And the output was enlightening- one of my personal ah-has about networking.