Key Links
- Slides
- Handout
- Roles and Responsibilities Template
Recap
It was great to see everyone in @may24a-cohort! I hope that you enjoyed our session which emphasized the importance of collaboration and teamwork in the Textbook Success Program (TSP). As we see it, collaboration is an Indigenous way of being that allows us to step out of the dominant mindset of individual, single hero-modes of working. When we share and when we work as a collective, we can have more impact and do more good in the education sphere. The learning objectives and activities in this session prompted you to think about your role and contributions to the OER project and about how to effectively work in your teams through the rest of the TSP.
Collaboration works best when we adopt the following three principles:
- work together as equals;
- develop shared meaning about what we are doing;
- show consideration for each other.
Many of our TSP graduates noted that the commitment of their team members to the OER creation process and the identity as a group have deepened over time, especially when rooted in a “shared power.”
We acknowledge that collaboration takes time. But who says it’s less efficient in the long run? Of course, in the short-term, meetings take time. We think shared ideas, feelings of being respected and being on the same wavelength, are a good investment for the future. It will enable everybody’s growth and connection on multiple levels, including institutional capacity and greater contributions to society. We, your cohort, and your teams learn from those collaborations, and all of us learn to collaborate better in the process.
The following activities were part of our fourth session (find session materials linked above):
- Individually reflect on your role and contributions in your team [slide 8]
- Indicate to cohort whether you can commit to the TSP team approach [slide 10],
- Discuss with your team the roles and responsibilities in your team using the Roles and Responsibilities.
Instructions for next week’s 1:1 meetings.
Next week, your teams will meet with me 1:1 for 15 min each. This will give us the opportunity to talk about your projects in more detail, and for me as your facilitator to more clearly understand what you are working towards. I will spend some time reviewing your submitted materials in the forum, to guide your team in the next steps.
Please use the regular meeting link at these times:
11-11:15 a.m. Foundational Skills
11:15-11:30 a.m. Flood Mitigation
11:30-11:45 a.m. Pharmacology
11:45 - 12 p.m. Nutrition
12-12:15 p.m. Anatomy and Physiology II
12:15-12:30 p.m. CDL
To prepare for your 1:1 with me, please ensure that:
- Everybody in your team understands who is holding what responsibility,
- Your team has set up a transparent organization and documentation system,
- A draft of project summary exists and has been shared on the Project Forum pages,
- Your team has set up a regular meeting schedule,
- Your team started to identify and review OER for your project,
- Your team identified and addressed challenges within teams that have come up so far.
Homework Activity
Please respond below with the roles and responsibilities that you are responsible for based on completing the Roles and Responsibilities Template. These roles and tasks may shift over time, but it’s critical you begin your project work with clear expectations on who joins your team and what contributions they bring as humans and professionals.
Let me know if you have any questions! See you next week.