Thursday, November 29, 2007
Collaboration
Yesterday at the Engineering Communication Advisory Council meeting in the ECS Studio (http://cxc.lsu.edu --> studios), executives from BASF and Shell described their companies' uses of collaborative postings by employees working on projects. Their descriptions sounded very much like ideas we have discussed for CxC. Only employees have access to comment on each other's materials, add materials, etc., so the pattern of limiting participation to an internal audience seems like a good one to follow for class projects. We could do this via PAWS, Moodle, or limited membership in Blogs (like the one Kevin set up.) Should these limited blogs be organized around classes, studios, or both at LSU? We need simulations of these professional activities connected to studios somehow. On the other hand, some people feel very strongly that participation should be open to anyone who cares enough to post. This may just be a case-by-case decision. Thoughts?
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I'm not sure how I feel about "recommending" voluntary participation for a class. Many of our conversations about the use of Web 2.0 technologies have brought us to the conclusion that these new tools should be inherent to the course and to what the students are learning. I can't see how such an assignment could be deemed supportive of the learning environment if it's voluntary. Also, we'd be asking faculty to monitor something that isn't required. At least in the early stages, I think we should be trying to find courses where these technologies truly fit the current curriculum.
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