ADEBAYO ADEJIMI_Action research on breakout rooms (1).pdf

Abstract

Active\ncollaborative and group learning are common practice in real estate education.\nThis is because the real estate profession is primarily based on group work and\ncollaboration among professional colleagues. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic,\nthere has been significant shifts in the mode of learning real estate subjects.\nThe traditional face-2-face classroom teachings have been transformed into\ncompulsory online learning and teaching. As such, application of technological\ntools that support online group learning has become imperative to learning real\nestate subjects (modules). This study examines online group learning viz-a-viz\nbreakout rooms tool of MS Teams. The study explores the effectiveness of\nbreakout rooms in learning real estate subjects through the lenses of students\nand academics of Property Management and Development (PMD) department at NTU. The\nstudy inquires how technology (that is, MS Team breakout rooms) can enhance\nactive collaborative learning among PMD students. The research seeks to:i. \nUnderstand\nthe PMD students’ perspectives on the use of breakout rooms,\n\nii. \nUnderstand\nPMD academics perspectives on the use of breakout rooms,\n\n\n Evaluate the effectiveness of online breakout rooms to\n enhance student learning, and Make recommendations on how breakout rooms could be used more\n effectively.