GTC session 2 report
I am the reporter for session 2 so I will use this blog to do this
Monday, July 12, 2004
Using Moodle: LDAP, Active Directory, and Missing Info
.: posted by Dai 11:29 PM
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
.: posted by Dai 11:11 PM
Friday, June 25, 2004
Course: Year 7 module 1
.: posted by Dai 3:13 AM
Monday, March 17, 2003
Summary
Group Process
The group is made up of 4 people. Both Kieth and Dai take roles within the group. Kieth has the task of coordinating the group and Dai reporting.The task was a seemingly simple one of asking some questions to an expert in e learning. The task was timed and a fairly open one with questions to be targeted around Structure/design of discussion area or interfaces in relation to online group management and Techniques of process management used during the discussion. The task was mainly cooperative as Yvonne dipped in and out where necessary to check on progress.
Group approach
The group approached the task in a brainstorming way. Most people posted thoughts after looking at the intuitive web links. Some tried to relate the questions to theory learned from the reader for this session. Posts were a little unequal as time issues came in to play with two of the group work loads and holidays featured in this.Kieth as co ordinator was instrumental in getting the task completed.
Content points for discussion
A summary of content would include questions on common goals, creativity versus templated interfaces,Literacy and competency in interface use,Common ground and co prescence and weather to be critically assertive in questioning.
The questions:
1. Bob we're interested in the medical professional project as there seem to be certain commonalities with the intention behind the GTC site and discussion forums. Could you give us some guidelines on how Intuitive deals with the issues of common ground and lack of co-presence in the design of this initiative?
2. How does Intuitive carry out qualitative evaluation of an online community such as Grid Club? Is there for example any behind the screens discussion with participants to get feedback as to the impact on pupils and teachers?
3. How does Intuitive design creativity into its websites to enable participants a creative web presence?
4. What allowances are made at a design level for varying degrees of literacy and computer literacy amongst participants?
The questions seemed to be representative of the groups ideas and brainstorm points.
.: posted by Dai 11:18 AM
Friday, February 28, 2003
A flurry of activity yesterday with the group allmost synchronously posting.
The idea of being a little more questioning about intuitive practice was posted by Chris and mark coined the useful phrase 'critically assertive' questioning. Keith once again tries to draw on these points and set up a question about how intuitive measures success. I post about the reader for this session as I think it is very relevant to our general brainstorm and could be used to form some questions.
I wonder does the images I post and graphics break up the post and also attract attention? Do they also help with the socialisation phase of this group? They are perhaps tools to aid this as imagery is a powerful and sometimes underestimated thing. Again Preece points to the idea of co-presence. I was using a virtual world last night called Active world. I became a man in an Hawaiian shirt ( a tourist because I had not officially joined up) I could move about the world enter others and talk (text chat) to others who I could move to and see. I could even make by avatar ( a representation of me) dance , wave and blow kisses. It felt odd but helped me to establish 'grounding' (Preece 156-160) within the environment quickly.
.: posted by Dai 1:14 AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
No posts today so far. I expect that some people may have gone away for half term. Also there is a point about how much I use the internet compared to others. I use it constantly at work and at home. Does this mean I have no life?:)
.: posted by Dai 2:43 AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
The session started with Yvonne and Christina making posts to close the last session task and start the new. We were told that Bob hart of Intuitive media would be our interviewee. I stated a slightly controversial post off by saying that intuitive work did not have much to do with the type of community we were trying to build in the GCT area. How would bob and intuitive approach this brief?
Keith who is co-ordinating this session made a good introductory post by focusing us on the brief for the session, which was about important broad banded issues of interface and management. Keith tries to sum ideas made by myself and refocus these within the brief to ask a pertinent question.
Keith asks the group foe suggestions for the way forward whilst making one himself about summary. Nobody else has posted yet.
.: posted by Dai 2:23 AM
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