Thi is an abstract Wendy Freeman and I sent to ALT-C — the Association for Learning technology in England. It is a location to describe some work in progress, get some feedback and talk with others working in the area.…
Month: February 2005
Yet another kind of group collaboration software
I am always amazed at the proliferation of, and insularity between, similar uses of technology in different domains. I am on the committee of a student who is using a GSS (a group support system) called GroupSystems. These collaborative environments…
Reconstructing ‘disengagement”
I have been wanting to reconceive the identity of a group in a set of research data I am using for a paper on online engagement. I had originally described them as “disengaged” a term describing their behaviour in relation…
Video conferencing on campus
I just came from a meeting with representatives from three of the UT campuses interested in using or supporting video conferencing environments for teaching and research. Most of the people were from the support sectors like Info Commons and their…
Public spaces private spaces
Thinking about how to structure the connections between the individual blogs and the course, and how to integrate Wikki’s into the online graduate research environment is making me reconsider the nature of public and private space online. Knowledge Forum is…