joostennotes: May 2011

Networked learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In 2005, George Siemens published a paper in the International Journal for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, called Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age[11] in which he argued the need for a new learning theory, one that captured the essence and represented the process of networked knowledge creation and learning. In 2011, the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning published the first peer reviewed collection of scholarly articles on Connectivism. This special issue was edited by George Siemens (Athabasca Unievrsity and Grainne Conole (Open University, UK).
Since 1998, a biannual Networked Learning Conference has been organized, devoted to research on networked learning. The first five conferences were held in the United Kingdom, and the last three have conference websites that are still accessible (third in 2002, fourth in 2004, and the fifth in 2006. The sixth conference took place in Greece and the seventh in Denmarkin 2010. The 2012 conference will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The conference proceedings from all the conferences from the third in 2002 are available via the conference web site.
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COMPUTER BASED DELPHI PROCESSES

OMPUTER BASED DELPHI PROCESSES

Murray Turoff and Starr Roxanne Hiltz

A version will appear as an INVITED BOOK CHAPTER for Michael Adler and Erio Ziglio, editors., Gazing Into the Oracle: The Delphi Method and Its Application to Social Policy and Public Health, London, Kingsley Publishers (in press).

INTRODUCTION

The name "Delphi" was never a term with which either Olaf Helmer or Norman Dalkey (the founders of the method) were particular happy. Since many of the early Delphi studies focused on utilizing the technique to make forecasts of future occurrences, the name was first applied by some others at Rand as a joke. However, the name stuck. The resulting image of a priestess, sitting on a stool over a crack in the earth, inhaling sulfur fumes, and making vague and jumbled statements that could be interpreted in many different ways, did not exactly inspire confidence in the method.

The straightforward nature of utilizing an iterative survey to gather information "sounds" so easy to do that many people have done "one" Delphi, but never a second. Since the name gives no obvious insight into the method and since the number of unsuccessful Delphi studies probably exceeds the successful ones, there has been a long history of diverse definitions and opinions about the method. Some of these misconceptions are expressed in statements such as the following that one finds in the literature:

It is a method for predicting future events.
It is a method for generating a quick consensus by a group.
It is the use of a survey to collect information.
It is the use of anonymity on the part of the participants.
It is the use of voting to reduce the need for long discussions.
It is a method for quantifying human judgement in a group setting.

Some of these statements are sometimes true; a few (e.g. consensus) are actually contrary to the purpose of a Delphi. Delphi is a communication structure aimed at producing detailed critical examination and discussion, not at forcing a quick compromise. Certainly quantification is a property, but only to serve the goal of quickly identifying agreement and disagreement in order to focus attention. It is often very common, even today, for people to come to a view of the Delphi method that reflects a particular application with which they are familiar. In 1975 Linstone and Turoff proposed a view of the Delphi method that they felt best summarized both the technique and its objective:

"Delphi may be characterized as a method for structuring a group communication process, so that the process is effective in allowing a group of individuals, as a whole, to deal with complex problems." (page 3)

The essence of Delphi is structuring of the group communication process. Given that there had been much earlier work on how to facilitate and structure face-to-face meetings, the other important distinction was that Delphi was commonly applied utilizing a paper and pencil communication process among groups in which the members were dispersed in space and time. Also, Delphis were commonly applied to groups of a size (30 to 100 individuals) that could not function well in a face-to-face environment, even if they could find a time when they all could get together.

Additional opportunity has been added by the introduction of Computer Mediated Communication Systems (Hiltz and Turoff, 1978; Rice and Associates, 1984; Turoff, 1989; Turoff, 1991). These are computer systems that support group communications in either a synchronous (Group Decision Support Systems, Desanctis et. al., 1987) or an asynchronous manner (Computer Conferencing). Techniques that were developed and refined in the evolution of the Delphi Method (e.g. anonymity, voting) have been incorporated as basic facilities or tools in many of these computer based systems. As a result, any of these systems can be used to carry out some form of a Delphi process or Nominal Group Technique (Delbecq, et. al., 1975).

The result, however, is not merely confusion due to different names to describe the same things; but a basic lack of knowledge by many people working in these areas as to what was learned in the studies of the Delphi Method about how to properly employ these techniques and their impact on the communication process. There seems to be a great deal of "rediscovery" and repeating of earlier misconceptions and difficulties.

Given this situation, the primary objective of this chapter is to review the specific properties and methods employed in the design and execution of Delphi Exercises and to examine how they may best be translated into a computer based environment.

GO TO START

Kielser, Turoff, Hiltz

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Computer

CMC

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Human computer interaction

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kiesler/publications/2007pdfs/2007Kiesler-networkNation.pdf

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Category Archive for ‘Second Life’ at LTDC Online News

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mobile by Ericsson

Keegan

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Monday, May 9, 2011

Singapore Loosens Grip on the Internet - NYTimes.com

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political change

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Advising and Retention

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CSEQ - The College Student Experiences Questionnaire Assessment Program

Measuring learning outcomes, student outcomes

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NSSE Survey Instruments

NSSE Quick Facts

Survey Focus

Assessing (1) the time and effort baccalaureate degree-seeking students (primarily first-year students and seniors) devote to educationally purposeful activities, and (2) what schools are doing to intentionally channel student energy to these activities.

Institutional Participation

603 colleges and universities participated in NSSE 2010; 1,452 have participated since 2000. Search our database of participating institutions.

Student Participation

363,859 students completed NSSE 2009; 2,321,085 have completed the survey since 2000. Student participation for 2010 will be updated in August.

Publications | Social Media in Higher Education

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Friday, May 6, 2011

The Crowd Is The DJ | Fast Company

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

LTC move

Matt -- Chair, Mobile File
Tanya -- Chair, Black filing cabinet, Black shelf (move to Alan's office?)

Hi Tanya,

I'm planning to keep my filing cabinet but would like to use the new chair.

Take care,

Dylan

*********** Dylan Barth Learning Technology Consultant University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Learning Technology Center, GML E175 djbarth@uwm.edu | 414-229-4319

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Matthew Russell" <russelmr@uwm.edu>
To: "Tanya Joosten" <tjoosten@uwm.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:49:16 AM
Subject: Re: Remodel/Move

Yes, chair and movable filing cabinet are all I'll need.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tanya Joosten" <tjoosten@uwm.edu>
To: "ltc" <ltc@uwm.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:52:48 AM
Subject: Remodel/Move

The movers will be coming on June 6th to remove the furniture from E175. Please let me know what, if any, of your furniture you will be keeping. At this point, I assume everyone will be keeping their mobile, under the desk, filing cabinet, and possibly their chair.

Again, please send me an email, asap, with what you will be keeping. In the interim, these will be moved/stored in E191.

Thanks!
Tanya

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Tanya M. Joosten
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
tjoosten@uwm.edu | 414.229.4319

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Twitter: We Now Have Over 200 Million Accounts (UPDATE)

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