{"id":25594,"date":"2018-05-03T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/?p=25594"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:39:46","slug":"dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p>Associate Campus Dean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online<\/a>, Dr. Alisha DeWalt discussed the merits and the unique challenges of group projects in online courses with &#8220;Inside Higher Ed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Instructors who assign group projects to online students see their efforts not as a burden, but as a tool to help students learn and form relationships &#8212; just as they might face-to-face<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/digital-learning\/article\/2018\/04\/25\/group-projects-online-classes-create-connections-and-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png 676w, https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1-500x533.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1-293x313.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>Alisha DeWalt, Ph.D., is the Associate Campus Dean for the Online Campus of The Chicago School.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Campus Dean, Online, Dr. Alisha DeWalt discussed the merits and the unique challenges of group projects in online courses with &#8220;Inside Higher Ed.&#8221; Instructors who assign group projects to online students see their efforts not as a burden, but as a tool to help students learn and form relationships &#8212; just as they might face-to-face. Read more. &nbsp; &nbsp; Alisha DeWalt, Ph.D., is the Associate Campus Dean for the Online Campus of The Chicago School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[437,438,439,440,441],"coauthors":[1062],"class_list":["post-25594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alisha-dewalt","tag-group-projects","tag-inside-higher-ed","tag-online-learning","tag-tcspp-online-campus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses - Insight Digital Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tips for navigating teamwork in virtual learning environments.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses - Insight Digital Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tips for navigating teamwork in virtual learning environments.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Insight Digital Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-03T19:52:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-15T21:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Chicago School\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Chicago School\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses - Insight Digital Magazine","description":"Tips for navigating teamwork in virtual learning environments.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses - Insight Digital Magazine","og_description":"Tips for navigating teamwork in virtual learning environments.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/","og_site_name":"Insight Digital Magazine","article_published_time":"2018-05-03T19:52:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-15T21:39:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"The Chicago School","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Chicago School","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/"},"author":{"name":"The Chicago School","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/#\/schema\/person\/8dbf060a75f74b3467188c5d4ef1dd07"},"headline":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses","datePublished":"2018-05-03T19:52:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-15T21:39:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/"},"wordCount":85,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png","keywords":["Alisha DeWalt","group projects","Inside Higher Ed","Online learning","TCSPP Online Campus"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/","name":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses - Insight Digital Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png","datePublished":"2018-05-03T19:52:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-15T21:39:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/#\/schema\/person\/8dbf060a75f74b3467188c5d4ef1dd07"},"description":"Tips for navigating teamwork in virtual learning environments.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AlishaDeWalt-1.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/dr-dewalt-on-group-projects-in-online-courses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dr. DeWalt on Group Projects in Online Courses"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/","name":"Insight Digital Magazine","description":"The Chicago School","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/#\/schema\/person\/8dbf060a75f74b3467188c5d4ef1dd07","name":"The Chicago School"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120099,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25594\/revisions\/120099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25594"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}