The next topic is about working in teams. Some of you have had a lot of experience working in teams. Others may have less experience. By now you should all have had some experience of being part of a project team in another IDE course.

One of the instructional design competencies identified by ibstpi is communications skills. This includes one-on-one communications skill and working with groups. Within the context of an ID or evaluation project, at some point you’ll likely have to work as part of some team, and you may take on different roles in different projects, including being a team leader. This week the reading focus on working in groups. As you go through these readings, think about the different roles people may have on an ID project. Also, what does it mean to be a team leader? The Evernote Notebook contains a number of readings:

• Bratoon, B. (1980). The instructional development specialist as consultant. J.I.D., 3 (2), pp. 2-8.
• Gemmill, G. Managing the dynamics of “having nothing to say” in small groups.
• Chevalier, R. (2001). Performance Consulting: Job aids for interacting with clients. Performance Improvement.
• Davies, I., K. (1975) Some Aspects of a Theory of Advice: Management of an Instructional Developer-Client, Evaluator-Client, Relationship. This reading is old, but worth a look.
• One that is useful and in the Everrnote Notebook: Bolden, R (2004) What is Leadership? Research Report. 

Module 9: Intro & Working in Teams Video