Csis Seminar Series Presentation

Event: CS/IS seminar series - October 3rd

Russell Butson Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC),

University of Otago,

New Zealand

Acknowledgements: Carla Thomson, Assistant Research Fellow,

Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC),

University of Otago.

*created by A. Afonso, Centre for Informatics and Systems (CISUC ), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Engineering Collective Transactional Contexts* in Virtual Spaces to Enhance Academic and Professional Development.

Title & Description

Engineering Collective-Transactional-Contexts in Virtual Spaces to enhance Academic and Professional Development.

Event: CS/IS seminar series on October 3rd

In this presentation I will discuss some of the emerging findings from a study of Collective Transactional Contexts with 3rd year students undertaking papers in Management and Physiology. I will give an overview of the virtual environment used and explain the overall architecture that was employed. The primary focus of this talk will be to look at the degree to which the environment supported the development of a Collective Context.

Focus / Participants Research Approach/Method Architecture – Site Contexts Defined Building Structure Findings so far

Contents

We are interested in the changes that result from interacting events of individuals/groups within a sociotechnical context over time.

Specifically..

the student’s intellectual functioning as mediated by the contexts and goals we have imposed.

the student’s use of the tools, materials and people to meet their collective goals.

Background/Focus of this talk

60 - 3rd year Management students

45 - 3rd year Physiology students

Students Profile

Students Computer Experience – 1 as at the 25/09 - 29 respondents

Students Computer Experience – 2 as at the 25/09 - 29 respondents

Top 5 sites students visit (self-report)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Google

University of Otago

Gmail

Hotmail

Facebook

Top 5 programs students use for academic work (self-reports)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Google

Wikipedia

Pow erpoint

Excel

Word

...as at the 25/09 - 29 respondents

Research Approach/Method

Our Research Position/Influences

Theoretical Framework

Social Constructivism

Investigative Perspectives

Sociotechnical Approach

Actor-Network Theory

Emergent Design-based Approach

Intervention + Interaction with students / staff

Virtual EnvironmentA Complex Semi-Structured Work Environment

Students were informed that the site required them to be active at networking, uploading and producing

Context Defined

In the present study contexts are transactional – that is they are dependant on each other within a larger environment .

Building Structure

Findings so far...

Use of Tools

Group Members Hits Posts % Status

Presentation Group-4 Phy 6 1706 50 3% Active ProducersPresentation Group-1 Phy 6 887 48 5% Active Producers

Tues-12-01 Mant 6 824 26 3% Active ProducersTues-03-01 Mant 6 788 29 4% Active Producers

Presentation Group-3 Phy 6 603 29 5% Active ProducersPresentation Group-5 Phy 5 563 2 0% Passive ViewersPresentation Group-7 Phy 5 395 10 3% Passive Viewers

Mon-03-3 Mant 5 265 6 2% Passive ViewersPresentation Group-6 Phy 4 253 7 3% Passive Viewers

Tues-03-3 Mant 4 246 7 3% Passive ViewersTues-12-4 Mant 6 185 10 5% Passive ViewersTues-03-2 Mant 6 181 7 4% Passive ViewersTues-03-4 Mant 5 162 4 2% Passive Viewers

Presentation Group-8 Phy 6 174 6 3% Passive ViewersMon-03-1 Mant 4 125 2 2% Low Use

Presentation Group-2 Phy 5 112 2 2% Low Use Mon-03-5 Mant 3 83 4 5% Low Use

Presentation Group-9 Phy 3 78 1 1% Low Use Mon-03-4 Mant 6 73 2 3% Low Use

Presentation Group-11 Phy 3 64 2 3% Low Use Presentation Group-10 Phy 5 58 2 3% Low Use

Tues-03-5 Mant 2 52 1 2% Low Use Mon-03-2 Mant 2 49 2 4% Low Use



Tues-12-3 Mant 3 25 1 4% Low Use

Meetings

Discussions: Arrangement of meeting – 2 week period - This process was repeated by every group

Fri p.m..A. Hey guys - can we get together next week to work on our presentation?

I can meet Mon at 11, all day Tues and after 3 on Wed.

Mon a.m B. Yeah, for sure – can’t do today but otha times suit me

Mon p.m C. 2mr I can only do 9-10 a.m – but Wed all gd

Tues a.m A. O.K. I’ll book lib rm for 2mr at 3

Tues a.m C. cool thanks– c u there

Tues p.m D. sori guys can’t do meeting tomorrow – I’ve got Maori at that time

Wed a.m E. neitha – just checked site- got flu- sori

Thurs p.mB. Sori yea, flu got me too – so meeting didn’t happen – thanks for txt A.

Let’s try for da weekend sometime?

Thurs p.m.A. Hey guys -yeah we’ve really got to get our presentation sorted soon

What about meeting Sat sometime between 12 and 3?

Fri a.m. D. Yup – Sat avo suits me.

Fri a.m.C. Hey – I’m really sorry I’ve got work Sat avo- would Sun avo suit everyone – I can do anytime.

Fri p.m. A. Ok - shall we try for Sun at 1? I’ll book the rm

E. I’ll be there

Sat a.m. D. Hi Sorry – I can’t do 2mr’s meeting – I’ve got soccer practice. Later any gd? Say after 3?

Sat a.m. B. hey guys 1 on Sun no good for me either-I can do 10-12 or after4 on Sun

Meetings

Discussions: Arrangement of meeting – 2 week period - This process was repeated by every group

Fri p.m..A. Hey guys - can we get together next week to work on our presentation?

I can meet Mon at 11, all day Tues and after 3 on Wed.

Mon a.m B. Yeah, for sure – can’t do today but otha times suit me

Mon p.m C. 2mr I can only do 9-10 a.m – but Wed all gd

Tues a.m A. O.K. I’ll book lib rm for 2mr at 3

Tues a.m C. cool thanks– c u there

Tues p.m D. sori guys can’t do meeting tomorrow – I’ve got Maori at that time

Wed a.m E. neitha – just checked site- got flu- sori

Thurs p.mB. Sori yea, flu got me too – so meeting didn’t happen – thanks for txt A.

Let’s try for da weekend sometime?

Thurs p.m.A. Hey guys -yeah we’ve really got to get our presentation sorted soon

What about meeting Sat sometime between 12 and 3?

Fri a.m. D. Yup – Sat avo suits me.

Fri a.m.C. Hey – I’m really sorry I’ve got work Sat avo- would Sun avo suit everyone – I can do anytime.

Fri p.m. A. Ok - shall we try for Sun at 1? I’ll book the rm

E. I’ll be there

Sat a.m. D. Hi Sorry – I can’t do 2mr’s meeting – I’ve got soccer practice. Later any gd? Say after 3?

Sat a.m. B. hey guys 1 on Sun no good for me either-I can do 10-12 or after4 on Sun

Calendar

Collective construction of knowledge & the development of a collective – only found in 4 groups

Tool Idea Response

WikiA: Hey, this is what I’ve found for our research so far …, are you finding the same idea

B: Hey guys. The vast majority of what I’ve found correlates with what A’s finding … What do you think?

Blog

A: Hi guys – some of us managed to meet and create an outline for our presentation … See what you think? I’ve just put general points we decided on up so feel free to change it anyone. PS. There is a link to the outline below this post

B: Looks good. For my part of the topic I’m going to … Hope this helps.C: Thanks. Might be good if we all shared our ideas here. For my part, I plan to … D: I’ve made some changes to my part - have placed my ideas in the documents library on group page if you want to have a look

File

A: this is the thing we were looking at during the meeting tonight … it outlines the things we need to make sure we consider. Do have a look through guys and see what else you think we need

B: This is my suggestion for what else we need in the overview –what do you think?C: This is the updated overview – think we’ve got it pretty sorted now. Any ideas about specific research direction? B: I don’t know how much of the theory we’re going to use, but here it is – probably need a bit of compressingA. Here are my ideas about what the most important things are to pinpoint in the theory – be good to get you guys feedback

DiscussionA: I’ve posted my research on the wiki. Give it a go – add whatever you want

B: Thanks. Looks good. Just wondering if we need to re-direct some our research …C: I think for our research we need to keep in mind these guidelines: …A: O.K. I’ve posted my updated research …

Students appeared to struggle with the research/project paradigm ...to be proactive producers rather than passive viewers.

Students struggled with the idea of the site being a collective. Individual viewing of content was dominant while collaborative working processes were minimal.

Students struggled with the process involved in group projects– Group identity

– information management

– process management (workflows)

– co-authoring

Students resisted working online....the site was primarily used to arrange F2F meetings

What was emerging...

Would we have seen a difference if the participants were 1st years?

Would we have seen a difference if the participants were 1st years?

I don’t believe so

Thank You

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