Peer Review

Communication skills activities

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Reviewed:: Dec 6, 2021 by Business

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Overview:

This resource page offers a number of activities that focus on specific key learning points regarding communication skills. They can be used to support your communication skills training or tailor them further to suit the specific learning objectives in a classroom setting.

Type of Material:

Collection

Recommended Uses:

In-class
Team
Ice breakers
Getting to know others

Technical Requirements:

Chrome, Edge used

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Students will be able to...

Develop communication skills via group activities
Identify communication skills of others through body language
Gain knowledge of the importance of understanding communication practices of others and the impact on overall communications
To enhance verbal communication skills using team building activities and games.

Target Student Population:

Upper or lower-level communication classes
Upper or lower-level marketing classes.

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic understanding of what communication means
No other technical skills necessary

Content Quality

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Strengths:

Activities are easy to understand and explain to others.
Activities do not take much time to complete.
Activities allow students to be physically involved as well as mentally involved.
Each game or activity provides an overview of the activity, time required, instructions and setup, and an explanation of the activity's purpose.

Concerns:

Activites are focused on trainings/seminars.
Activities may be difficult to do in large groups and/or classrooms.
Activities may be too simplistic for upper-level college classrooms.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

Goals of the activities are easy to identify.
Completion of the activities may reinforce previously learned material.
Activities can be modified to accommodate different scenarios.
Can be used with minimal preparation required
Can understand emotions and body languages

Concerns:

Conceptual learning may only be present if previous learning on topic has occurred.
The activities page does not identify any goals or specific use of the activities.
Activities will support previous learning, but may not teach a new concept.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

The activity instructions are clear and easy to understand.
The site is easy to navigate.
At the time of this review, each of the activity links worked.
Describes what extra supplies may be needed.

Concerns:

The site is not robust in that the font color could be difficult to read for some users.
The site is not robust in that there are no pictures and only words for each activity.
There are no instructions indicating that a user should click on the bold letters to start the activity. It does state "Read more about...", but there is nothing that indicates where to begin the activity.

Other Issues and Comments:: The biggest issue present is the fact that this page is part of a training course materials page that is attempting to sell additional materials. The ads are a distraction to a reader.
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