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Ducky and Sherman's CSCW Project 3

Milestones:

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Do the work by 6 Dec

Idea 1: EcoPath

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Study academics who are collaborating on building EcoPath models.

Pro:

It could help Sherman with EcoPath
Sherman might be able to find academics

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Con:

EcoPath is not intrinsicly collaborative

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Objective 1: See if screen-capture-video of EcoPath sessions is helpful when one researcher asks a non-co-located colleague for help debugging an EcoPath model.

Pro

Identify screen-capture-video solutions
- MS Media Encover
- VNC2SWF
- Captivate (free 30-day trial)
- CamStudio
- tips on how to make a good demo includes some eval of different software
Identify modellers at UBC who frequently assist others.
Ask UBC model-helpers to request screen-capture-videos.
Observe the resulting debugging sessions.

Objective 2: Observe researchers and see if we can figure out a way to make EcoPath more collaborative.

Idea 2: Distance learning

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Study people who are taking distance learning classes

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Study students in different distance learning environments.

Pro:

highly collaborative

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need to go off-campus for fieldwork
need to find participants

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--+++ Objectives:

Evaluate how well different tools promote collaboration between students.
Evaluate how well different tools promote feedback from student to teacher.

Possible participants:

U Denver
U Illinois (emailed Burks)

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snailmail
posting material for pickup (i.e. Web)

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First deliverable

Task 1: Project Outline and Research Protocol (due 11/1) Each team will need to determine and describe in brief the following for a project outline:

An existing collaborative work group setting (one to which team members do not belong)
(Optionally) An existing NECTAR or other known CSCW technology
Research objective(s)
3-5 focal points for the fieldwork (class exercise, 10/18)
Method(s) for data collection (class material, 10/18)
Research protocol for purposes of ethics approval
Recruit participants so that field work can begin as soon as ethics approval is received

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