Hi Kunal, Jargon busting is wonderful in my experience. I’ve only done it with librarians, but think it could work in other carpentries. It works well with sticky notes for the “collation” step since you can group similar stickies on a white board or flipchart. One example of how it was useful was it helped people understand terms they’d heard, but did not realize were related, or at least try to solve similar problems.
As a single example, at one workshop, one sticky-note mentioned “Dat” and another mentioned “Github”. I could highlight the common thread that both are used for collaborating and sharing data. This allowed the learners to have good discussions about what problem they were trying to solve, realize there were other solutions available, and perhaps tap into expertise from fellow learners. Cam From: Kunal Marwaha <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 12:58 AM To: discuss <[email protected]> Subject: [discuss] using jargon-busting I was reviewing the Library Carpentry lessons<https://librarycarpentry.org/lessons/> and came across this section on jargon busting: https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-data-intro/02-jargon-busting/index.html I'd love to try out this technique in other settings (including Software Carpentry workshop) but wanted some feedback from others. For those who have used the "Jargon Busting" technique (in any Carpentry setting), how did it go? What were common words that arose? Did any learners get off track or (alternately) get intimidated? I imagine this is a neat icebreaker to have early in a workshop (or, right after a break) to encourage "meeting your neighbors". (This is useful if learners develop trust in each other -- when stuck, they can first turn to each other, reducing load on helpers or instructors.) Similarly, this can help instructors sense "what does my classroom care about?" but with full classroom participation (are they R-focused? what's their experience level? things the pre-workshop survey would answer if everyone filled it out...) Thanks in advance, Kunal The Carpentries<https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest> / discuss / see discussions<https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + participants<https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + delivery options<https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> Permalink<https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T081a5f608875cb79-M99e98681831cc06b241c7d46> ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T081a5f608875cb79-M8b4d33ab26ef95442bd4a60d Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
