Tandem, a tool that helps track and facilitate group projects, has received the University of Michigan Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize. Tandem was developed by the Center for Academic Innovation and Michigan Engineering.
Robin Fowler, a lecturer in the Department of Engineering, and one of the faculty leads who helped develop Tandem. She is talking about Tandem at the Engineering Education Research Meet Up, an event celebrating International Women in Engineering Day. The presentation is on the gendered experiences and power dynamics in student teams. Other faculty who helped develop Tandem and were honored are Laura Alford and Stephanie Sheffield.
Tandem is a research-based tool that supports students working on group projects. Each week, it collects data on the team, tracking its idea equity, workload equity, logistics, confidence level, and how the team is working overall. Tandem uses this data to develop a chart which students can use to analyze the areas of strength and areas for improvement within their groups.
