How to Set Up Small Groups
As the facilitator you'll need to make decisions on how to group your class. You may choose to group your participants in any of the following ways:
- By a method related to your subject (e.g., many PLS courses group by grade level or subject taught)
- Heterogeneously by experience or technical skills (including a mix of experienced/new individuals in each group)
- By when they tend to be online
- By when they will be on vacation
- Another way that works for your class
Feel free to be as creative or as conservative as needed regarding group work. The most important thing is to remember the objectives of the course you are teaching, and focus on helping the groups achieve those goals together.