Communication Strategies Faculty Resources: Participating

Students will use the participation strategy when they:

• Share ideas though the chat and microphone during class.
• Meet with classmates in groups to work on assignments and activities.
• Clearly communicate using PACT (Purpose, Audience, Context, Tone).
• Reply to student and instructor emails promptly and using a professional tone.
• Manage teamwork conflicts by communicating assertively.
• Take initiative to organize group work and divide tasks.
• Give and accept feedback from students and instructors.

Read about developing this strategy with your students in the Faculty Blog post: Communication Strategies: Participating

To learn about strategies for working with a group or team, students can:

• Read about teamwork strategies from the Library website.

To learn about assertive communication, students can:

• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video: Communicating Assertively
  • Note: use your RRC email and password to log into LinkedIn Learning.

To learn about strategies for professional online communication, students can:

• Watch this video: Online Written communication
• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video: Ten Email Netiquette Tips

To learn how to communicate using PACT (Purpose, Audience, Context, Tone):

• Watch this video: Let's Make a Pact

To learn about giving and receiving feedback:

• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video: Giving and Receiving Feedback

Faculty can access the following resources through Library & Academic Services to help their students develop this strategy:

• Practicing Teamwork Workshop, for full-class support with enhancing teamwork and improving participation.
• Diversity Training workshop series, to assist students in developing the cultural awareness and skills needed to study and work successfully in a team in today’s global environment.
• Working In Teams hybrid LEARNing module for asynchronous resources that can be embedded within a LEARN course to help students improve their ability to communicate, collaborate, and manage conflict within a team.

Students can access the following resources through Library & Academic Services to develop this strategy:

• Tutoring for individualized and small group support, if students needs support with the content of their courses in order to be able to improve their participation.
• EAL Tutoring, for individualized language development for students whose first language is not English, which can help develop the confidence and language skills required for effective participation.
• Academic Coaching, to develop the motivation and skills needed for successful participation within college.