Facilitating student interaction in a group project

Experience with the use of Blackboard

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on the experience of using Blackboard’s “Group Pages” functionality to facilitate students’ interaction in a group project assessment. The unit used in this project is an Information Technology Strategy course. It is a post-graduate level course. Preliminary findings indicate that there appears to be a strong association between the use of the tools and the group marks. However, we can’t claim that the use of the tools was the only or even the major factor that has affected group marks. The paper concludes with some observations.