ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to share a range of practical and theoretically underpinned methods for managing group projects so as to maximize real learning benefits while minimizing the typical challenges frequently faced by learners and teachers alike. Group projects can be organized in many ways from relatively simple tasks, undertaken by two or three learners over a couple of weeks to much more complex undertakings with larger groups of learners, perhaps from different disciplines, collaborating for a semester or a whole year on a project. The design of the group project needs to consider assessment at a very early stage to ensure the assessment drives achievement of the intended learning goals. There are a recognizable set of stages that are common to most group project contexts: preparation and familiarization, set up and start up, work planning, allocation and scheduling, implementation and progress checking, completion and dissemination.
