Team+Agreement


 * Team Contract (Draft) **

**Team Jobs: ** **Leader:** Facilitates group interaction and communication **Initial Content Provider/Note taker:** Provides initial content for editing on small projects that make sense for only one person to complete and the group to edit and take notes during verbal meetings where there isn't a written record and post them to the wiki. **Complier:** Compiles documents and makes sure work is cohesive (responsible for communicating to Team Leader when work is not properly completed) **Submitter:** Final checks of grammatical and spelling and submits work

**Communication **

**Discussion Board: ** I prose that for discussion boards we use the group discussion board and email members of the group when we (the facilitator) have posted/updated the thread. I prose that for our group discussion board that we follow the same schedule as the course original thread by Wednesday and responses by Sunday.

**Team Projects: ** For team collaborative work, I suggest we use a wiki through wikispaces.com. This will help keep track of each member’s contribution and changes for our instructor’s records. Phone numbers and times available for conversation and work will be made available through email. Periodic Wimba sessions can be called for group decision making if needed (ie task, member job, and direction of project). Finally all suggestions for changes other than grammatical and spelling will be noted in the discussio section of the page. Group members will not edit another member’s work without permission. It is the responsibility of the owner of the wiki page to edit their own work based upon the discussion of other members.

**Time ** During the week each member is expected to check their email/discussion board/wiki page by Wednesday and Sunday. If the group’s members need more immediate contact they can call each member individually with the phone numbers provided. Group members are expected to return the phone call by the following day. Specific project deadlines to collaborative work will be assigned by the group leader.

**Leadership and Conflict Resolution ** I propose that there is a team leader who coordinates the project and assigns the task of the other members. The team leader will be responsible to contact a team member that has not completed or improperly completed (due to misunderstanding or other) their work. I propose that this role does not rotate because it is more of facilitator/connective role. If a members work is not completed or improperly completed on time the team leader will contact that member via email and phone call to discussion a new deadline or revisions to the work. Also during this communication help will be offered to the team member on behalf of the other members to complete the assignment. The team leader will communicate with the other group member the future plan and where they can help. If the second deadline is not met the member will receive a second communication via email copied to the course instructor and conference call with the instructor to discuss the future of the work and that member’s participation in the group. Failure to respond to an electronic communication by Wednesday or Sunday respectively will result in instructor involvement and failure to respond to a phone call with in one day either by email or phone will result in instructor involvement. Finally, Netiquette, the benefit of the doubt, and kindest perspective will be used to deal with difficulty in our teams interaction. We will endeavor to respect each other at all times. If there is an issue a member may contact the team leader to facilitate a resolution.

Adapted from Conrad, R. & Donaldson, J. (2004). //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana-Italic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Engaging the Online Learner //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">. San <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Francisco: Jossey-Bass.)