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[|Video] Heather again - have had a nightmare desperately trying to find my references. I have no idea what has happened, I don't even have history on internet of visiting sites for some of the stats and even the pic's I placed on this page :( I have re-read Shelley's concern about the video and Roz's question about where it would fit in? With this feedback in mind, I think I will pull the video (14/5/10).

Heather - Hi Shelley, thanks for the help on technology pg and for feedback below. Mandy had seen the video and was okay with it as I had cut the names and face out. However, I hear what you say and will therefore remove the 3 profiles. I will also edit the welcome screen as I can see names on it. I will work on the video tonight, if Mandy is not happy about the YouTube option when she gets back tomorrow we will not use the video at all. The only other options would be to use youtube, but only give restricted access to the 5 of us + Lynne so that it can be presented in class so that our collegue understand visually what the site is all about. The final option is to load the link, but only pc's will be able to see it (i.e. not macs). Lets make the call when Mandy gets in tomorrow morning. Shelley- Hi Heather, the sound isn't happening for me unfortunately, but the image quality and images in general look great. The screenshots of the participant profiles that I asked you to leave out - It is important that they captured appropriately and have the details blanked out before being used, or not used at all as we are breaching privacy and that's something that Mandy and IEC may not be happy about as we have IEC consent for the case study, not participant consent, and this assignment occurring in a public space so we need to ensure we're behaving accordingly.

Aaaalso. Just run a quick check with Mandy to make sure YouTube is ok to use, I'd hope it's ok, but best to check with the owner of the images as I can't speak on her behalf. If it is ok, you can embed the video by using the "Widget" button on the Editor toolbar above. Heather - have to agree with Shelley about it being 'out there' in the public space. It's working so well as the video - hopefully it can be embed using the Widget stuff. General question - which page is this going to be added to by the way? Roz



the first 3 graphics are linked to my section, the 4th may be linked to other sections???

although the links below are probably not for inclusion in our presentation, you might want to look at them to get an understanding of cyber cafes/bars in china as well as some of the differences I mentioned the other day about understanding east and west cultures.

[|chinese thinking] [|chinese thinking] [|chinese thinking] [|chinese internet cafe/bar]

[|elearning] - thought we might be able to use the first bit as an opening for our presentation - what you you guys think?

(From Mandy) - I like the video Heather! Happy to record some voice over to it (I could not quite make out yours?!?) I thinks it's a far more dynamic way of including schreen shots than just pasting them up. Don't know difficult it is to edit,, but if possible would be good to show one discussion board or blog post where there is some back and forth discussion going on (there are a few!)

Agree with Roz not to include the Chinese website as that's a whole can of worms I don't think we want to open here!!!

(From Roz) Heather - all good now and had a look through. I'm not totally sure why you think it's awful - I think it shows a good combination of the site construction, moderator/student screen information, examples of forum/blogs/etc. I don't think we need to add the example Yan gave into this little vid but it could be useful if we were talking about screen design (which I think we elected to disregard).

Hi Roz, you may need to have windows media player on your comp - when you try to click it, you might get a yellow bar across the top of your screen which if you click will give you the media player I think. H

8 May Roz Heather I can't see anything except a x in a box on this screen so can't really play it to give you feedback. I don't know if it's worthwhile to email it to me at my uni email address and I have a look that way. The screen shots are very clear. Without having any real knowledge of Prezi, maybe Yan might be able to combine them in something there! Happy to do any review for anyone with further ideas! media type="file" key="PhotoStory for Wiki_2.wmv" width="300" height="300"

Hi all. I did a mock up. I think it is awful. I don't want to waste Mandy's time with recording voice etc if you guys think it is awful. I have left the screen shots below as we may be able to use them in a different way. If we still want some kind of vid, perhaps you can leave some input e.g. perhaps we don't use all the shots, only a few key ones???? The shots are from the welcome screen, Mandy's profile, 3 different examples of students blogs, 1 from a Chinese ba, 1 from a lady how is Korean + speaks a few languages and 1 from and English speaking background, example of a case scenario they have to answer, instructions on how to add a blog, I also put the Chinese site Yan gave us as a comparison in the event we need it.

8 May - Heather the below screen is the welcome page participants see when they log in. The page has an area where the moderator can tell participants what's been happening, and under that, a list of the recent activity on the site. The participants see all the interaction stuff on this page first, before any topics, or their own page as the learning model for this course is set around social interaction. Without this interaction, the community component of this course cannot be considered a success.

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This page is one of the topic pages. It shows participants what they are expected to be doing in week 3. This page is typical of the type of activities students are required to undertake after they have undertaken more introductory and socially based activities. It asks students to download an academic paper, read it, then share their thoughts on their personal page on the site. (Heather - this should be ordered after a personal profile. The profile should be the second screen shot - reason: interaction is based on identity, which is created through profiles). This is a page where students would write their refletions. It is called a blog, but could be named anything. The idea is that students write a series of reflections over the duration of the course, with these reflections all ordered by date against their profile. Other students are encouraged to comment on each other's blogs, but this didn't occur as desired in the Chinese course. This is someone's profile. Without the appropriate quality screen shot, I don't think this is useful. Also, it's got an administrator's menu showing at the bottom left? If we want to use a participant profile, we need to get a proper screen shot, then blue the picture, and blank any personal information. This isn't suitable.

The "logic" of the 3 profile screens is to reinforce the variation of students ability in English as well as their background. The 1st one is from a person who comes from Chinese background, the 2nd is a Korean, but who is able to speak a few languages and the 3rd is from a person who has English speaking background. From a design point, I agree some of thes shots may not be useful, however, we need to decide why we are using the video. I will wait for some feedback regarding whether we go ahead with the video or not before I begin to work on the script, capturing the narration, converting to a movie file and then uploading to YouTube. Perhaps look at the link on the top of the page to see an example of what the mock up looks like without sound and with one of the screens really slow for some reason (if we go ahead, I will try to shorten the lenght of it) - Heather

This screen is an attempt to signify showing how moderators can see what an individual has been doing on the site. The red menu is only visible to the moderator, and they can "explore log" to see a list of when a participant has been logging in, and what they have been doing. Often, especially at the outset of courses, participants may appear to be "quiet" but the log reveals they are regularly logging in and viewing the site, but not contributing (*** I think this is what our Chinese students might have been doing?) This is another incomplete profile shot. Please don't use this, other than cutting off someone's head, it has too much personal information about them. This is an example of what a typical profile on the site looks like. Out of consideration for the learners in the community, we have used the moderator's page. The page shows some basic information about the participants, such as their current role, interests, and location, and also highlights their latest activity in the community at the bottom left of the page, their reflective blog posts on the right on the page, and messages to the group on the wire posts at the right of the screen. The development of identity is considered a crucial aspect of online community development in the West (no point referencing this here, but there is one if you need it), as it is identified as driving people's positive contributions and behaviours.

This is the topic page, which shows the different topics covered in the course. Participants can access the topic page at any time using the menu options at the top of the screen. The topic pages are ordered by date, so that the most recent topic added appears at the top of the list. (just a note to Heather: this is shown from the moderator's screen, and "make featured" is not visible to everyone) This screen shows a discussion that the moderator, Mandy, is initiating with participants, asking them what they thought of the course. In this instance, participants weren't responding, so there are no messages underneath. let's not use this screen - it was discussed in skype as something to compare Australian and Chinese site design, it showed that they're similar in principle.
 * it might be better to make a few images out of this by circling those parts you're talking about in red as this page has alot on it.