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I had read your outline, Ian, and I think it is an excellent idea. I suppose my suggestion was just a more old-fashioned version of what you have in mind! Any response from the BA? Nick Allum -----Original Message----- From: Ian Russell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 20 November 2000 13:52 To: Psci-Com (E-mail) Subject: Re: The blindness of science communicators > What surprises me, is that science communicators seem completely blind to > participation issues. All they seem to care about is bums on seats; if the Wow. Nothing beats controversy for facilitating communication! There was no response to my outline for a high-tech sciBAr-type panel game, represesenting scientists, communicators, activists and "public", unpredictably informal, yet creatively structured with proceedural rules and networked laptops, and suitable for a packed lecture theatre or even a TV audience who also get involved through a voting system. It could combine a balance of viewpoints, enable equal opportunities to say anything at all, control those macho windbags, and provide spectator-appeal for the maximum possible number of people. Is it such a wacky idea? Laptops can be networked without wires, and relayed onto a big screen with a dataprojector. Some system requiring responses to previous comments, like the one I described, could surely facilitate a much fairer and more structured discussion without loss of informality. You'd just have to avoid spilling your pint or glass of house red into the works. I was looking forward to claiming royalties for the concept if it caught on! Ian Russell * [log in to unmask] Successful learning environments are more exploratory than explanatory. * http://www.interactives.co.uk * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%