Possible grouping of Jenny's topics:
Affordances of technology
- T1 Ease of posting
Speed of response (See C3)
- Technical expertise (of course participants) -> T1
Aggregation (distributed discussion, following discussion and comments)
- Familiarity with the technology -> T1
Possibility of including links and images
- Speed of accessibility -> T1
- Ownership -> L1
Language
- T2 Number of possible connections
Personal connectivity
- P1 Sense of community
- P2 Strength of relationships (how lasting)
- Proximity/closeness -> P2
- Inclusive/exclusive relationships -> P1
Cultural issues
- Establishing presence/voice -> P3
- P3 Tone of communication (calm, aggressive etc.)
Emotion/feelings (See P3, P4)
Collaboration
- P4 Sparring/ Challenging
Conceptual connectivity
- C1 Location of ideas
- C2 Diversity of discussion/ideas
- C3 Speed of conversation
Sense of knowing
Knowledge creation
Quality of ideas
Learning
- L1 Autonomy/control
- L2 Reflection/action
- Convergence/divergence -> C2
- Theorist/pragmatist -> L2
Alternative perspectives
- Pace -> C3
- Self-expression -> L1
- Freedom of choice -> L1
- Challenge -> P4
Audience/feedback (See P3)
Possible Mapping of Questions to Grouping:
T1 Ease of posting / Technical expertise / Familiarity with the technology / Speed of accessibility
2, 19, 20. 42, 69, 70, 71, 109, 124
T2 Number of possible connections (also the common demoninator aspect)
75, 77, 81, 121, 123
P1 Sense of community / Inclusive/exclusive relationships
6, 13, 49, 76, 111
P2 Strength of relationships / Proximity/closeness
8, 14, 15, 48, 103, 141, 142
P3 Tone of communication / Establishing presence/voice
43, 44, 7, 11, 45, 47, 57, 66, 88, 89, 97, 105, 106
P4 Sparring / Challenge
73, 74, 10, 83, 116
C1 Location of ideas
17, 18, 78, 85,
plus something from the discussion Part 4 Draft 4 like "love to bring numerous topics to the table that are strongly tied and obviously related, and love to have all the aspects in on spatio-temporal place"
C2 Diversity of discussion/ideas / Convergence/divergence
21 - 25, (31), (40), 131 - 134,
plus something from the discussion Part 4 Draft 4 like "love to relate to more distantly related, distributed ideas, and the conceptual connections are initially weak getting stronger by reflection", plus something from Thought about Part 4, Draft 4, Point 4 like "what type of diversity (multi-facet or initially distant), and what type of depth/ strength of the conceptual ties, (implicitly preset closeness and synchronicity, vs. initially weak and strengthening).
C3 Speed of conversation / Pace
3, 52, 54, 72, 110
L1 Autonomy/control / Self-expression / Freedom of choice / Ownership
33, 34, 46, 50, 51, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 107
L2 Reflection
L2 Reflection/Action / Theorist/Pragmatist
27, 28, 29, 53, 151-188
As for the remaining questions, I think they address more than one of the above topics, or none of them, and would probably need to be rephrased to be better interpretable afterwards. (However, considering all those numbers, I have certainly made some mistakes, so please do doubt my suggestions.)
Comments (3)
Jenny Mackness said
at 6:58 pm on Mar 15, 2009
This is wonderful Matthias. I feel the fog lifting! I am printing this off and will read it more carfeully tomorrow. Today I am travelling up to Scotland to see my mother - so the day is completely taken up. Sorry to have been so quiet for the last week, but feel that I have lost the plot somewhat! I have also been extremely busy with work projects. This really helps. So many thanks to you all for your efforts.
suifaijohnmak said
at 8:03 pm on Mar 15, 2009
Matthias, That's fantastic. I think we have already got most of the pre-survey work done, except the generation of email list and review of questionnaire (all to action). As mentioned, I will review all these questions in this coming two weeks.
I will add the questions on learning style into the questionnaire - they are the statements that relate to Activists, Reflectors, Theorists and Pragmatists.
Many thanks to Jenny, Matthias and Roy.
suifaijohnmak said
at 8:53 pm on Mar 15, 2009
Jenny,
Hope you will enjoy your travel up to Scotland today. Also please send my regards to your mum.
John
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