Schedule
Remaining Schedule:
Please (click the edit tab above and) insert yourself in the week you would like to choose to be discussion leader of an article of your choice.
More instructions about the "other activity" will be given each week (as each activity is flexible to change).
| Week | Discussion Leader | Other Activity/Activities |
| Oct 3-9 | Select a tentative research question - outline rationale and implications | |
| Oct 10-16 | Adele | Contribute a "culture bump" experience to the reflection wiki |
| Oct 17-23 | Individual interviews / Culture Inventory Test | |
| Oct 24-30 | Localize a lesson - planning - TBA (*Conf Call - Oct 29th) | |
| Oct 31 - Nov 6 | Sabine |
http://www.whatiamlearning.com/drupaled/blog/clint-rogers/16-sep-2007/243
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| Nov 7-13 | (*Conf Call) Localize a lesson - assessment - TBA | |
| Nov 14-20 | Marcus D | Localize a lesson - analysis of results - TBA |
| Nov 21 - 27 | Help draft paper(s) for publication - outline | |
| Nov 28-Dec 4 | ---none---- | (*Conf Call) Help draft paper(s) for publication - one section each |
| Dec 5-12 | ---none---- | Help draft paper(s) for publication - collaborative drafting |
Here is the summary of what to expect:
Objectives of this research initiative - Study and better understand:
1. Global virtual collaborative teams
2. Cross-cultural online instruction
Three goals:
- Develop trust – get to the point where you trust the others in this research project and feel like they trust you.
- Localize a lesson (in multiple ways) – adapt material in an existing online lesson so it resonates better with a cultural group you are very familiar with (either your culture of origin, or one you are extensively familiar with). Test out more than one idea in multiple iterations – and measure the difference.
- Collaboratively draft a paper for publication (this should be a fairly good draft of a paper that can be eventually submitted for publication).
Questions to be asked of participants at the end of the research period:
Do you trust the other project collaborators? Why or why not?
Do you think they trust you? Why or why not?
Did you adapt an online lesson in more than one version and test the effectiveness among your targeted cultural group? What did you learn from this?
Did you significantly contribute to a draft of a paper that can be further worked on and submitted for publication in a top journal? (There will be multiple papers that come from this)
Tentative schedule: (Approximately 14 weeks)
Begin Sept 5th
End December 12th
Expect to spend about 4-8 hours per week depending on the week
Each week two things will usually be happening:
1 – Discussion regarding a new article (everyone will be assigned a week to select the article and to lead the discussion)
2 – Implementation and discussion of some hands-on activity regarding one or both of the two objectives.
There will also be periodic (group) conference calls (30-60 minutes), and occasional individual calls with me (10-20 minutes, or longer if needed).
Participants should expect to be flexible and adaptive (with a tolerance for some ambiguity) in how we accomplish the goals of the research, as some things will undoubtedly change as we propose and experiment with new ideas.
Each participant should be proactive in making suggestions and proposing ideas that will get all of us to accomplish the stated goals.