[Year 12 IT Apps] VCE study design - a different topic - I promise!

[Timmer-Arends]

Both are fair points although I prefer the immediacy of email (open, read, react, click reply, type, click send - all over inside 30 seconds... hmmm ,,, could lead to some problems I suppose...).

In doing some virtual team research last year I did come across an evaluation of various techniques. To get the most out of email lists, it was suggested that periodically for each thread someone (always the mysterious 'someone') needs to do a summary of what has been said so far, thus pulling all the different elements of the discussion together and so helping to reach a consensus conclusion. I think the idea has merit but getting a 'someone' or even several of them would be a big problem.

Regards
Robert T-A


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  From: Mark KELLY 
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  A wiki's an interesting idea, Margaret, but I wonder whether - in this case - it would thrive.  Wikis are valuable for consolidating and aggregating disparate information sources, but in this case is it possible that a wiki could actually do the opposite: split an existing and authoritative information nexus (this list) into two competing sources? 

  People would either post their thoughts to the list, or the wiki but I doubt many of those people would have the time or inclination to post to both.  

  I realise that a mailing list like this is a very different animal to a wiki - each tool has its strengths and weaknesses. The success of the wiki would depend on what it was primarily intended to achieve... discussion or collaborative resource development.  Its charter would need to be carefully thought out to avoid a possible identity crisis.

  Regards
  Mark



  On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Margaret Lawson <margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net> wrote:

    It would be great if we could get a wiki started for this Study Design.

    Rather than each one of us building our own resource list and breaking down the knowledge and skills for the study design independently, a wiki would be great!

    Any chance we could hang it off the VITTA server Adrian?

    Margaret

    Janson, Adrian A wrote:

      OK.  Nuff said!  Everyone regrets at least one of their posts and the rest of you have deleted them all anyway!
       What I would like to do is to encourage a discussion about the study design here so that as you are reading through it, you can get suscinct answers to your questions - or raise topics that would be ones that would be good for resource development or PD.  There are a number of experts that subscribe to these lists, such as the examiners, members of the study design writing team, text book writers, PD presenters, VCAA employees (and of course, Paula Christophersen).  We are all willing and eager to answer your questions!
       Bring on the discussion,
      Adrian Janson

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