Proposal outline: survey of attitudes toward social media systems
About half-way through the semester I decided to switch tracks to a project that is small (but very challenging for me), relevant to my work, and may have an impact beyond the immediate project, here is an initial outline of my proposal for a survey of UVU educational community attitudes toward an institutionally controlled social media system vs. similar "public" system(s). The specific system project targeted here is a blogging platform, but I think that may be irrelevant, or at least may be one of many systems targeted by the survey.
Moving forward…with a new project
I've let myself fall behind on assignments for IP&T 682, in part from indecision on a topic, but mostly from diverting my time to other work and personal projects. Throw in WCET09 and a bout of the flu, and it's Really Time to Get On Track. The class wiki reminds me that I still need to
Qs on Attitudes Toward Institutional v. Informal Learning systems
Cross-posted from Flexknowlogy.
As I begin the pilot of our WordPress MU installation for Utah Valley University, questions naturally arise as to expected usage of the system. This led to the idea of running a short survey for students, faculty, and staff that asks if and how they would use such a community publishing platform. I then wondered if students or faculty who already had a blog would use the institutional system as a blog, whether in addition to or as a replacement for their own (even if only to meet a course requirement). This, of course, led me back to the idea of "creepy treehouses"