EURO-CAT-CSCL

EuroCAT Dundee Workshop Evaluation

http://ouak.net/eurocat/

Dear Participant,

Your contribution to EuroCAT evaluation is more than valuable. This is the very first test for EuroCAT’s final release. This research is funded by Euro-CAT-CSCL, an FP7 Marie Curie IAPP research project aiming to develop a Collaboration Awareness Tool (CAT) in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Euro-CAT-CSCL consortium is composed by Ouak.net (France), London South Bank University (UK), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain) and Université de Toulouse (France) (http://www.cat-cscl.eu).

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Create a vision statement for a new budget airline

In this investigation you will role play as a member of a distributed working group. The task for the group is to create a name and a one paragraph vision statement for a new budget airline and is intended to be completed during a single week. Before you start the task you need to complete a Simulation Card, an example is given below. You need to fill in your name, but leave the role blank until the team starts work. You also need to choose a time zone, indicate any appointments that you have in the week of the project and also indicate any other constraints on your time.

You will first use the EuroCAT tool to indicate your availability and then decide upon times when the group can work synchronously together. You will then pretend to be working synchronously on-line on the task. You should first (quickly) decide upon roles, then the name of the airline and then the vision statement.

Steps

1. Create your profile on EuroCAT: http://ouak.net/eurocat/
2. Indicate your availabilities.
3. Choose a time when you can all work synchronously, or review availabilities and re-choose.
4. Decide upon the roles within the group (quickly).
5. Create the name of the airline.
6. Create the vision statement.

1. Offer role: I want to be a team leader
2. Confirm role: Ok, you can be the team leader
3. Withdraw role: Ok, I will not be the team leader
4. Explain role: I should be the team leader because….
5. Suggest airline name: Let’s call it Sleazy Jet!
6. Critique airline name: That’s not a good name to sell..
7. Agree airline name: Ok, let’s call it E-CAT Jet!
8. Suggest vision phrase: We should say ‘The highest safety and satisfaction standards’
9. Critique vision phrase: Why not say safety, service and satisfaction?
10. Agree vision phrase: Ok, it’s just service and satisfaction.

Thank you very much indeed for your participation.

Group-Awareness in Online Work, Learning & Games

Workshop information