Key learning I gained surrounded motivation within a group dynamic especially relating to technology. Although, I thoroughly got on with my fellow group members, I found some were more motivated to learn technology than others. This was not reflective of the digital generations as we had both a digital natives and digital immigrants in our group. This meant that group members who had the knowledge or motivation to learn were required to work out the technology and explain it to the members who were less motivated. As a teacher in the classroom situation, depending on the previous group work of the students I may organise the groups for motivation and coherence. Where as in this particular experience it was up to the students to organise the groups. In addition, as this task would be conducted only in compulsory class time I would monitor students throughout their work to make sure all are contributing to the best of their individual abilities. For students who are particularly unmotivated assigning peer group marking of each other may be an extrinsic motivation.
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