Inclusive Group Formation to Enhance Collaborative Learning: heterogeneous versus homogeneous grouping

This roundtable session will discuss the challenges and lessons learned on group formation to enhance inclusivity and collaborative learning in group work. We will share the practices and dilemmas experienced to integrate newly arrived international students with home students. Collectively we will explore group formation methods in a Higher Education context with increasing presence of international students. We will consider whether interventions from academic tutors are necessary to mix students up to form student groups of diverse cultural background. The implications for course design and assessment in alignment to support inclusive and collaborative learning will also be shared.