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Ritual Performances and Collective Intelligence: theoretical frameworks for analysing activity
patterns in Cloudworks
Panagiota Alevizou, Grainne Conole, Juliette Culver and Rebecca Galley
International Conference on Networked Learning, Aalborg, 3-5 May 2010
Overview
Brief overview of Cloudworks Popular activities Theoretical perspectives
From the design of sociality To the analysis of social situations
Case studies Ritual performances in Flash debates Collective Intelligence
Ongoing and future work Community indicators Activity and performance in OER User focus
Homepage
Active clouds Feature cloudscapes Orientation
Search Browse Login User panel
Cloudstream serendipity
User Actions Contribute Discuss Share Follow, favourite
Key concepts: A cloud
Clouds: IdeasDesign or case studiesTools or resourcesQuestions or problems
Key concepts: Cloudscapes
Cloudscapes:ConferencesWorkshopsCourse teamStudent cohortResearch themeProjectOpen Reviews
A space to:- discuss- add- follow- collate - archive - share- expertise- experiences
Evaluation methodologies
Principles User-centred Theory-based Critically reflective and evolving
Methodology Rich evaluation with elements of virtual ethnography and
discourse analysis Topic trails User trails
Data collection Web stats including google analytics Interviews ‘Cloudfests’ and focus groups Observation and reflective diaries Critical friends group and design summits
Initial theoretical perspectives
“Social objects”Social networking makes little sense if we leave out the objects that Mediate the ties between peopleEngeström
“Social objects”Social networking makes little sense if we leave out the objects that Mediate the ties between peopleEngeström
Design framework for socialityEnabling practiceMimicking realityBuilding identityActualising selfBouman et al.
Design framework for socialityEnabling practiceMimicking realityBuilding identityActualising selfBouman et al.
Popular activities: uses and benefits Events: conferences, workshops, meetings
Brunel Blended Design Workshop, November 2009 OER Meeting, Monterey 2009
Discussions: flash debates The changing nature of conferences Is Twitter Killing Blogging?
Eliciting expertise and open reviews Literature review of Web 2.0 use in Higher Education The positioning of educational technologists in enhancing student
experience
Aggregating resources Horizon reports
Learner and tutor spaces H800 students, SocialLearn activities, Bus ALs, Design course team
Prompted by a tweet and post by @mattlingard, I've set up this cloud.
Prompted by a tweet and post by @mattlingard, I've set up this cloud.
Flash Debate: Is twitter killing blogging?
49 comments1027 views summaries & additional content19 links 6 references
Matt has set up a quick survey to ask people how using twitter has impacted on how much they blog or not.
Matt has set up a quick survey to ask people how using twitter has impacted on how much they blog or not.
Nature of performance & activity
From objects to situationsWhat is the nature of communication in popular activities? How do users ‘perform’, talk, express themselves and their identities in this public space?How does performance relate to new media and web 2.0 participatory cultures?
From objects to situationsWhat is the nature of communication in popular activities? How do users ‘perform’, talk, express themselves and their identities in this public space?How does performance relate to new media and web 2.0 participatory cultures?
Ritual Performances: Social life as ritual: Intersection of self-representation with informational affairs
Framing of narratives in relation to networks and interfaces in networked learning: serendipitous routines, supportive exchanges and practices to instigate conversation and maintain coherence
Ritual and game metaphors: how participants frame their contributions based on perceived audience and dynamics of specific situations
Ervin Goffman’s concept of facework has been applied in CMC to:-link off- on- line social life-frames that regulate it-Identity politics
Ritual performances Questions & debates
Ritual theatricality traveling across channels and spaces
Relational networks & shared discourse
Supportive & Remedial interchanges E-moderating and
reciprocity: thanx for the link’
‘Excellent point’ ‘I have used this with my
students for xx…why don’t you try xx’
Humor
The New pedagogies cloud on Ascilite 2009 Reflection combining the
empirical, and the anecdotal, the confessional and the professional
Analytical themes
Situational patterns Ad hoc vs. organised Lively-ness, serendipity Co-presence and reflection Collectivity
Interaction patterns Informational Discoursive Practical Social
Collective intelligence …
Distributed cognition ‘New’ literacies (Jenkins)
Collaboration & networking Play & judgment
Learner generated context (Luckin)
Crowdsourcing (Howe, Surowiecki)
Is ‘a form of distributed intelligence, constantly enhanced, coordinated in real time. …(its) basis and goal are mutual recognition and enrichment of individuals’
The social dispersal of meaning produces a space for the dynamic management and representation of knowledge
Open? Processual and expansive rather than possessive knowledge
Pierre Levy
Evaluating socialityContextualise collaborative activities Community building?Negotiation and sustained participation?Knowledge building and collective intelligence
Evaluating socialityContextualise collaborative activities Community building?Negotiation and sustained participation?Knowledge building and collective intelligence
Reviews, Tricky Questions Reviewing the uses of web 2 in HE Reviewing the uses of web 2 in HE
Collective intelligence
Archive, record Solicit expertise and
experience A pool for mobalising loosely
knit individuals or networks to share formal and anecdotal knowledge
Activity and sense of collective contribution Dialogical wrappers around
resources: Active commentators are prolific contributors of resources, links, and relational twitters
Sense of ownership
Collective interpretations and shared experiences The changing nature of
conferences The positioning of educational
technologists in enhancing the student experience.
Web 2.0 practices in educational context Over 100 clouds
Serendipitous or ochestrated collaborations
Not complete but progressive
Evaluating the collective …
Patterns of Contribution in the Exeter Open Review (Galley, 2010)Patterns of Contribution in the Exeter Open Review (Galley, 2010)
Ongoing and future work
How socio-technical design shape trajectories of negotiation and progress? User centred
How do coordinated activities can be designed to foster existing communities and relational networks? Themed activities-
centred (e.g. OER)
