One of the concepts from the small comm book that I chose to discuss in further detail discusses with overcoming communication apprehension in groups. I thought this was pretty interesting, as this tends to be a big problem in some online classes when the students are forced to come together and collaborate on their own time and under their own direction.
The concept talks about the anxiety that some people feel when they have to communicate with other group members, or the pressure that they feel when they know that will have to communicate with other group members at some point. It goes on to discuss how students who feel this apprehension do not perform as well as they could, had they not been suffering from the anxiety caused by the requirement of group communication. This seems to be a very important point, as anyone who is worrying about something, whether it be group communication or anything else, is not able to devote 100% of their abilities to the task at hand.
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I agree that this is a very interesting issue that group members tend to face. There is usually hesitation before going into group assignments. I think this is because each and every person has there own way of doing things and they are afraid that there method of completing something might conflict with others. For me, I am usually concerned with whether or not the entire group will contribute equally. In every group, there always seems to be someone who does not complete their fair share (or in some cases, simply quits and drops the class). I think working together in online groups will be an interesting experience. I think it will be tougher to do this assignment because we have not had time to interact in person, and I feel that that is important in group projects.
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