This sounds curious, but when I tried to fill the sign-up form it asked me for a name of another participant. Do I have to find one myself? Either your email didn't make it clear, or I missed it.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2014-05-10 16:33 GMT+03:00 Simon Knight <[email protected]>: > Hi all > > I umm’d and ahh’d over whether this was an abuse of the mailing list – so > my apologies if you’re of that view (please let me know), and obviously > just ignore it! > > > > Essentially, I’m looking for participants to take part in some PhD > research, if anyone has a spare afternoon I’d really appreciate your help > (sadly gratitude is all I can offer in return). The study is of broad > relevance to Wikimedians in that it involves collaborating to find > information, and writing a short shared piece based on that information. I > can obviously provide further information particularly after the study is > complete. > > > > I’m currently looking for participants to take part in some PhD research. > The study is of broad relevance to Wikimedians in that it involves > collaborating to find information together, and writing a short shared > piece based on that information. I thought this community might be > interested in two ways: > > 1) *take part yourself, *if anyone has a spare afternoon I’d really > appreciate your help (sadly gratitude is all I can offer in return), > > 2) *working with a student group, *the task would be a great task > for students (undergraduates or above) to think about how they work > together to find and evaluate information > > > > The study involves two collaborative tasks, the first of which involves > reading a set of assigned texts, and the second searching on the web. So to > do that: > > · It involves downloading and using a firefox addon > > · to work with a partner (someone you know, but it’s better if > they’re not in the same location – you can schedule this at your own > convenience) > > · to read some documents and write a short piece together > > There are two tasks (total time 2.5-4 hours) but if you wanted to just > sign up to 1 in the first instance and then decide on the 2nd that’s > possible. More information on the website, so I’ll leave it with you. The > research findings would of course be shared back to you. > > > > Your help would be much appreciated! > > > > *If you’re interested in signing up, please check out the website > at http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/edusearch/ > <http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/edusearch/> If you do sign up where your > role is asked, it’d be great if you could put whatever you consider your > main role to be, + ‘Wikimedian’* > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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