Principal Investigator
Prof. Eytan Modiano, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Ms. Jennifer Craig, Comparative Media Studies/Writing; Dr. Qinxian Curran, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Fund:
d'Arbeloff Fund
Funding Period:
AY2016
Department/Lab/Center:
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Designed for an MITx platform in order to enhance the residential experience, the online module, Stronger Collaborative Skills, can be used as either a stand‐alone module that allows students to review and strengthen their collaborative skills or as part of an academic course assigned by an instructor as part of the curriculum. Targeted at first‐year students, the module includes 5 chapters that are based on research done with students and faculty in Course 16 in 2008. The chapters include brief discussions of decision-making, conflict management, project management, the role of interpersonal skills, and guidelines for high quality collaborative writing and presentation.