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Sent: Wednesday, November
28, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: homepage aacorn
I
will sign in the group, too
to
conceive the structure
easily accessible
for ... whom?
Paul
Steelmann (Shrivastava) (Does Shrivastava signify Steelmann?)
That
is the half of the dirty dozen needed superusers
and
roughly 2,5% of all aacorners.
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Sent: Wednesday, November
28, 2007 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: homepage aacorn
I completely agree with Steve's observations.
Let's admit we're not a Web 2 community, but we can learn....
The main motivating factor browsing any of the existing collaborative
websites would be a combined urge to post something new regarding one's own
activities and discovery of interest AND looking for related material. The
crucial point is to reach critical mass to make users come back, and this
will be the main responsibility for the suggested "dirty dozen"
superusers.
Tags and categories are important in the beginning, after that the
Wiki-format itself and the search-engine will secure traffic.
With more than 200 users we can sustain this process given the initial group
stays in there long enough.
Peter Hanke
C.L. Ibsens Vej 39
DK-2820 Gentofte
+45 31121108
www.exart.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor, Steven S." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: homepage aacorn
> It's an interesting question/issue. I know that I don't have any
websites
> that I visit regularly to just check in and see what's up. (My
undergrad
> students all seem to.) I visit a web site when I have a specific
purpose
> (which may be kicked off by getting an email). In that sense, I'm
not
> part
> of any Web 2 type on-line communities (although I am part of a several
> list
> serves). In short, I like info to come to me rather than me go to
the
> info.
> (I have the sense that my undergrad students now prefer to go to the info
> rather be flooded with too much info coming at them - which they tend to
> ignore).
>
> I do have one idea for what an aacorn website could have that I think
> would
> be useful. I can imagine a wiki (or database) that has aacorn
related
> resources. One type of resource would be publications - articles,
books,
> etc. The wiki would have the citation info a summary or abstract and
> brief
> reviews from whoever wanted to post them. Another type of resource
might
> be
> projects, another type of resource might be people (our bios and other
> info). The wiki would searchable, so for example if I wanted to see what
> had
> been posted (or changed) in the last month I could easily do that.
Also,
> if
> I wanted to find stuff (people, articles, projects) on "creative
> leadership"
> I could find that easily. I would tend to visit the wiki when I had
a
> specific purpose (such as adding a new article I found or looking for some
> info).
>
> - Steve
>
>
>
> On 11/27/07 6:55 AM, "Daved Barry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone. What follows is a general discussion that we (those of us
>> who¹ve
>> previously worked with Aacorn web stuff) have been having about the
>> Aacorn
>> blog and website. I think it¹s gotten to the point where others in the
>> community might want to chime in, so I¹ve taken the liberty of posting
>> what¹s
>> been said. The discussion started with Jürgen Bergmann's comment (at
the
>> bottom of this note), where he pointed out that our blog hasn¹t been
used
>> for
>> almost a year and that it was filled with spam (which John Churchley,
our
>> webmaster, has kindly removed now<thanks John!). One of his points
is
>> that
>> both our website and blog are founded on Web 1 assumptions. Ross
>> Churchley
>> spent a lot of time making the website and blog attractive and
workable,
>> and
>> Laurene Vaughan and her acid group also ran a noble experiment in
>> providing a
>> multi-platform meeting place . . . but in the end, nothing¹s ever
>> attracted
>> much contribution, except our listserv (which has been a really good
>> friend
>> indeed).
>>
>> Jürgen has some interesting suggestions, mostly along Wiki-based and
Web
>> 2-based lines . . . his idea is that if we want to stick something on
the
>> web,
>> it should be serious and a resource that can develop into the next
>> decade.
>> With this, he poses the question: ³What is the relevant objective of
>> AACORN?²
>>
>> John has provided a really thoughtful response, based on all his
>> web-based
>> efforts in the BC school system. Given our own previous Aacorn
efforts,
>> and
>> John¹s comments, I¹m thinking that the only thing that would work is
some
>> kind
>> of critical resource<something with OEviral content¹ as John notes.
For
>> my
>> part, I only tend to frequent websites where I really need the
>> information<usually stuff that¹s connected with my wallet and
having to
>> make
>> purchases. Anyway, your thoughts on this are very welcome. Also, if
any
>> of you
>> are technically skilled and interested in doing a wiki-like something,
>> please
>> chime in. I know we have many new members, and maybe it¹s time to
revisit
>> the
>> wiki idea with the hope that some of our OEnew blood¹ can help out.
>> John¹s been
>> voluntarily shouldering the technical burden for quite some time, all
on
>> top
>> of finishing his PhD and running a school system and being with his
>> family,
>> and it would be great if he had some help. D
>>
>
> Steven S. Taylor, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Worcester Polytechnic Institute
> Department of Management
> 100 Institute Rd
> Worcester, MA 01609
> USA
> +1 508-831-5557
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