[opeverkosto] Fwd: Multi-institution pilot study idea

Hei

Paul Denny (yksi PeerWise järjestelmän kehittäjistä) lähetti oheisen
avoimen kutsun osallistua tutkimukseen, jossa PeerWisea käytettäisiin
useamman yliopiston kesken samanaikaisesti. Jos tutkimusyhteistyö
kiinnostaa, niin ottakaa suoraan yhteyttä Pauliin. Minulle voi toki
laittaa cc:n, niin voin vähän seurailla paljonko Suomesta on
kiinnostusta noin yleisesti. Jos kielikysymys tuntuu ongelmalliselta,
niin tässä voisi yksi optio olla sellainen, jossa PeerWise jaetaan
kotimaisten kurssien kesken.

Archie

Begin forwarded message:

> Paul Denny wrote:
>> Dear Lasse,
>>
>> How are things? I hope all is well.
>>
>> I am in the process of trying to establish a pilot study for a
>> multi-institution collaborative student learning project, and I
>> wanted to contact people who have either used PeerWise before, or
>> have some knowledge of it. If you have any interest in being
>> involved (this is not intended to be time-consuming at all - very
>> little effort is necessary beyond identifying potential courses to
>> study), or you have any questions about the study itself, please
>> let me know. Even if you are not able to be involved yourself, but
>> could help me identify others who might be interested I would
>> really appreciate it.
>>
>> As you know, the standard way that PeerWise is used is that a
>> single repository is developed and shared by students in a single
>> course at a single institution. I would like to investigate the
>> challenges and benefits in having a single repository that is
>> shared by students in courses taught at different institutions.
>> This presents some logistical challenges, primarily identifying
>> partner courses that are taught at the same time at different
>> institutions and cover a similar curriculum. However, I believe
>> such an activity could offer significant benefits to students:
>>
>> 1) access to a larger repository than would otherwise be possible
>> 2) a greater amount of feedback, delivered more quickly, on both
>> authored questions and discussion threads
>> 3) a sense of belonging to a learning community larger than their
>> own class
>>
>> To support this project, I have funding available that will enable
>> me to visit participating institutions to coordinate setting up the
>> collaboration (most of the help needed will simply be in
>> identifying potential institutions/courses). The funding is
>> provided by Universitas 21 (through a Universitas 21 Fellowship for
>> 2010; Universitas 21 is an international network of 21 leading
>> research-intensive universities in thirteen countries).
>> Collaborations would ideally (but not necessarily) involve at least
>> one member institution. A list of members is available at the
>> following link:
>>
>> http://www.universitas21.com/memberlist.html
>>
>> I am interested in considering courses from any discipline,
>> although I imagine introductory science courses may have stable
>> curriculums which are more likely to match courses taught at
>> partner institutions. If you would like to be involved, I would be
>> very pleased to hear from you. Particularly if you have an idea of
>> a partner institution and course that would be suitable for this
>> kind of study. If you have colleagues who you think might be
>> interested, I would be grateful if you could help to put me in
>> touch with them. Even if you are not able to identify a suitable
>> partner course at this stage, I would appreciate knowing of your
>> interest as some support can be provided for this. If you have any
>> concerns or questions, I would love to hear them - despite the
>> challenges, I believe this style of use is worth investigating as
>> it may offer additional benefits to students and could be highly
>> motivational. This study may also present excellent opportunities
>> for publication around evaluation of the activity, if that is of
>> interest.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul.
>>
>> ----
>> Paul Denny
>> Department of Computer Science
>> The University of Auckland
>> New Zealand
>>
>> paul_at_cs.auckland.ac.nz
>> +64 3737599 x 87087
>
>

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