INFO2009
Group work preparation
Process and planning
http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/9664/
Coursework 2
• Prepare a resource
to teach to a particular agenda
– Work in a group
• Individually
– provide feedback as a “critical friend”
– peer review two other resources
• Different to those produced by the group
for which you were a critical friend
Resource specification
• Details available by end of this week
• Will be in the form of a specific brief
– e.g.
Increasing use is being made of linked an open
data in business and government. What are the
affordances of open and linked data and how
might they be used by students to enhance their
learning opportunities
NB – EXAMPLE ONLY
not necessarily a real spec
In the mean time discuss the sorts of
topics you might be interested in
• You can discuss the broad topics and agree
areas of interest or importance.
• You may want to think about favouring topics
which might be relevant to:
– Your future careers
– Your total knowledge
– Tests, modules or examinations
Reminder of hot topics
Resource format
NO POWERPOINT SLIDE SETS!
Resource format
NO POWERPOINT SLIDE SETS!
Resource format
NO POWERPOINT SLIDE SETS!
Use your imagination
• Audio or Video
• Different formats possible
• Animations, Short Films,
Panel, Quiz Show, Sock Puppets ++
• Podcasts (audio, video)
• Online tutorial (
very tricky but could be good)
– Text, images, questions, learning plan
Additional Info
• A one page overview description document
which broadly describes the resource and
explains how it is useful and who might use it
• All you resources will be in EdShare
– I will set up containers for each group to use
• Poster
– which sells the resources
• + reflection
Reflection
Reflection
• evaluates
– your contribution;
– your team’s contribution
• logs
– critical friend role;
– peer evaluations
Additional Guidance
• Will be provided in classes
• You will understand your needs as the task
evolves
Milestones
Report your progress to
you fellow students
• Planning
• Interim
Milestones
Thinking Time
Personal
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Preferences
• Constraints
Group
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Compromises
• 5 mins
• 5 mins
Group Activities
What will you need to do?
Milestone 1 w6
• Group progress reports
• Before you report you will discuss
Broad brush planning
How to communicate
Common working areas
Deadlines and conflicts
Roles and responsibilities
Broad sort of preferences
Activities w 5, 6, 7
• Initial meetings, scoping, planning, basic setup
• Meeting your critical friends, discussing your
plans
– Providing feedback
– Listening to feedback
Milestone 2&3 W8 & W10
W8
Updates and Poster Pitch
Achievements and Setbacks
Solutions and Plans
W10
Selling the Poster
Motivating people to look at your resource
Recap: Presentation in W6
One slide
• group number, name
and group photo either
– photo of you all together
with caption
or
– headshot of each
student with caption
Email to me
• by 11am Monday latest
• Subject line of email
INFO2009 <week
number> Group
<number>: <name>
• in PDF and PPTX format
Example of email subject line: INFO2009 W6 Group 999: The High Achievers
I expect to receive a mail
something like this…
a.student
a.student
Group 999: The High Achievers
Left to Right: Jo Green, Mary Yellow, Mark Blue, Tina Red
Interested in: Security; perspectives: digital future, legal contexts
Group 999: The High Achievers
Person One
Person Two
Person Three
Interested in:
Security
Perspectives:
digital future,
legal contexts
Person Four
Person Five
What you will talk about (two mins)
Who you are
– Team name
– Name of team members
What your academic
specialisms are
– Degree course(s),
– special interests
What you skills are e.g
– Graphics, audio, theatre,
teams, admin (map skills to
person or people
What (approximate) sort of
resource you would like to
produce
– Choose one or two from list,
think of more, say why
Any constraints
– Such as…
People who may not be
available, fitting in work,
illness, whatever
2 mins
webliography
• Tufte website
http://www.edwardtufte.com/
• The cognitive style of powerpoint