For each interactive activity, you may email your responses to your instructor or to yourself. Or, you may answer the questions and then print your responses when they are displayed on the screen. If you choose to simply print your response, then leave the spaces below blank. Your Name: Your Email: Your Instructor's Name: Your Instructor's Email:
Your Name: Your Email: Your Instructor's Name: Your Instructor's Email:
If you have already joined an on-line group and have observed its interactions for a while, skip to the questions.
If you have not joined or a group or have not observed conflict on your group, you may wish to join another group. Read the directions that follow to refresh your memory on joining an on-line discussion group.
To join a mediated group you can do several things:
1. Subscribe to a mailing list on a topic of your choosing. Check out lists on search engines provided by google at http://groups.google.com/ or yahoo at http://groups.yahoo.com/ to find a group that interests you. Or try www.coollist.com for a user-friendly menu of mailing list topics 2. View the email discussion of a Usenet group. You don't really join these groups, but instead you use a mail reader (such as Netscape, Explorer, or Newswatcher) to read the messages of the different groups. There are thousands of groups to choose from. 3. If you have the software available, join a chat group or Cu-SeeMe session. These groups usually have a short lifespan, so their communication will be somewhat different than the groups described above.
2. View the email discussion of a Usenet group. You don't really join these groups, but instead you use a mail reader (such as Netscape, Explorer, or Newswatcher) to read the messages of the different groups. There are thousands of groups to choose from.
3. If you have the software available, join a chat group or Cu-SeeMe session. These groups usually have a short lifespan, so their communication will be somewhat different than the groups described above.
If you are returning to the activity, please answer the questions that follow.
1. Describe a conflict that occurred in your on-line group. 2. What steps were taken to create a supportive climate in the group? 3. How was the climate defensive? 4. How was the conflict resolved? 5. Which styles of conflict management were used by group members?
2. What steps were taken to create a supportive climate in the group?
3. How was the climate defensive?
4. How was the conflict resolved?
5. Which styles of conflict management were used by group members?
