KDI : KN LIS NCC  Proposal Summary

This proposal has two intertwined dimensions:

"Creating Human Collaboratories" Empirical Studies of Human Factors and

"Third Level Literacy" Normative Studies of Scientist Technological Literacy

These dimensions are executed simultaneously and are mutually informative:

PHASES RESEARCH TASKS METHODOLOGIES

(Roughly annual) (Simultaneous and cumulative) (Emergent and interdisciplinary)

 

1.

Evaluate Existing Systems

Establish TWU Collaboratory:

select tools, configure equipment, design data structure;

Collaborate on third level literacy question;

map, model and analyze human interactions; begin modeling collaboratory lifecycles and human factors.

Literature review.

Systems/interaction analysis.

Data Structure analysis & Data Creation.

Qualitative: interviews, notebooks, observations, user needs analysis; Content analysis; context analysis;

Collaboratory Discourse analysis.

Multiple simultaneous perspectives.

Define key concepts, design assessment tool(s) and administer at TWU.

Model and test exponential training method.

Online survey

Survey Analysis and evaluation;

Visioning

Communication

Continue Phase 1 Research and methodologies, add:

 

2.

Articulate Desired System

Establish contact with other KDI and collaboratory projects; build comparative model of human collaboratory behavior in institutional, inter-institutional levels.

Quantitative analysis

Data modeling.

Time series analysis

Administer Literacy Survey at sister institution, evaluate results.

Model and test exponential training method online.

Online Survey II.

Survey Analysis and evaluation II.

 Communicate.

Continue Phases 1 and 2 Research and methodologies, add:

 

3.

DetermineAlternatives

 

Collaboratory Conference

Human networking

Longitudinal analysis

Administer Literacy Survey nationwide and evaluate.

 

Determine national norms.

Online survey III.

Trainer surveys re: model development

Comparative Analysis

Communicate

Continue Phases 1, 2, and 3 Research and methodologies, add:

4.

Implement Desired System

Design automated collaboratory intermediary service tool.

User needs analysis

Evaluate national literacy survey results & publish.

Publish exponential literacy model

Presentations and Seminars

Continue Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4 Research and methodologies, add:

5.

Evaluate Reiterate

Implement automated collaboratory intermediary service.

Create Reports

Implement Exponential Literacy Training Model Academy

Create Reports

 Project Proposal : http://www.intertwining.org/collaboratory/proposal.html

TWU Collaboratory: Collab-L@twu.edu