This is the Independent Research Page.design group – Mark Lewis Prazen, Matthew Hung, Cortney Germainlearning group – Gary Knoll, John Lansing, Laoleng Xiong, Keisuke Nishimotocollaboration group – Malte Winkler, Kirill Kireyev, Nate Campbell, Lisa DoanFeedback from Gerhard — April 19I think all three groups have done good work and identified an interesting and important topic.Here are a few generic comments for all groups for potential improvements (more detailed comments and feedback will be provided on the individual sites):
Independent Research Guidelinesa nicely formatted word file: Ind-research-guidelines.docSwiki Location: Independent Research 1 Objectives1. opportunity to engage in self-directed learning in the context of an independent research exploration1.1. this work is more conceptual than the course project and it is intended to complement the experience of the course project 1.2. it can be related to the course project, but it does not have to be! 2. please form three teams (each approximately with the same number of participants) focused respectively on: design, learning, collaboration. These are broad topics and you should define a focus for your investigation by finding and defining more specific topics in your area of investigation. Possible themes for more specific research topics are: 2.1. social creativity 2.2. meta-design 2.3. end-user development 2.4. distributed intelligence 2.5. ………………………………. 3. some suggestions: 3.1. for your information gathering process use materials from the course, books, articles, opinion pieces, the WWW, 3.2. interview people (e.g., faculty members, PhD students, friends, colleagues at work, ..) about their insights and perspectives 4. interaction between teams: the different teams should interact with each other and see how their findings and work processes can profit from each other 2 Some Suggested Referencesthe references below can help you to get you started — but you can also use as starting points some of the papers that we have discussed in class! You should not limit yourselves to these resources.2.1 Design ß Norman, D. A. (1993) Things That Make Us Smart, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, MA. ß National-Research-Council (2003) Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and Creativity, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 2.2 Learning ß Bruner, J. (1996) The Culture of Education, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. ß Gardner, H. (1991) The Unschooled Mind, Basic Books, New York. 2.3 Collaboration ß Bennis, W. & Biederman, P. W. (1997) Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA. ß Salomon, G. (Ed.) (1993) Distributed Cognitions: Psychological and Educational Considerations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2.4 Design/Learning/Collaboration ß Brown, J. S., & Duguid, P. (2000) The Social Life of Information, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA. ß Florida, R. (2002) The Rise of the Creative Class and How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, Basic Books, New York, NY. remark from Gerhard: if groups what to take a look at these books: I have them and you can borrow them for some time 3 Assessment1. your contribution to this major aspect of the course will be assessed as follows:1.1. your work material submitted, including 1.1.1. your “mastering” of the theme chosen by you 1.1.2. your originality (i.e., just copying phrases from different sources will not do) 1.2. your presentation in class 2. your work will be evaluated as a team effort — so hopefully all team members will act as “good contributors” to the collaborative effort! 4 Timetabledue date – posting in the Swiki objective remarks 2/15 articulate your interest; discuss collaboration find other students with whom you want to work and who would like to work with you 2/22 one page statement name and describe:
3/8 first 1-3 page progress report
3/22 second 1-3 page progress report
4/17 3-5 page final report;
April 17 and 19 class presentation;
Collaboration - IR Proposal-Malte-Kirill-Nate-Lisa.doc Design_Mark_Matthew.doc Learning_IR-Proposal_Gary-John-Laoleng-Kei.doc Collaboration Group Wiki
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