Interview+Project

//**What is the lived experience of community communication of an online EdD student**// What if we post this question tonight (Saturday) and add the interview questions on Sunday? No groups have posted in the forum yet.
 * Potential Essential Question:**

Notes from our online conversation:

how do we manage to keep our "faceless community" together?

How do we communicate with strangers when the info can be taken as negative?

This is good-we can continue to add subquestions.

I wonder if we need these two questions as they are pre-program? Or are they needed to establish background? - Anna

Background information would be helpful for us to understand the perspective of other cohort members-Jill

Why did you select an online doctoral program?

Remember in the lecture that yes/no questions don't yield much info, but do lead to the next question. Do we want to keep these? I think the yes/no questions are important so that we aren't putting words into people's mouth. For example, we can't assume that they investigated other programs. They won't yield much info but it will allow us to then move on to questions that will give us more info. ~Katie Did you investigate other programs? What other programs did you investigate?

Did the meeting help build a sense of community? How did the June 2010 meeting help build a sense of community? If the June 2010 meeting helped build a sense of community, in what ways did it contribute to this community? Rebecca Do you think the week-long course will continue to build this process? How do you think the week-long course in June will continue this building process?

A few more thoughts about community-building. In several of our courses, we were put in groups based on our interest areas (Swapna's course, Dr. Black's course) and in sign-up groups (Dr. Webb). Has membership in the groups help build a sense of community? In what ways has working with other cohort members with similar backgrounds helped buld the sense of community? Are there other groupings in which you would like to participate? Can you describe some groupings you think would be helpful?-Jill

Some things I've thought about: Do you feel isolated in the program? If so, what strategies do you use to overcome that? Have you made a personal connection with any of the other community members? How did you make that connection? Do you feel that more personal connection is needed? If so, how do you think that would benefit you? Think back over the time since you started this program, If you have any recomendations or suggestions to help cohort members make more connections and build relationships, what would they be? Rebecca Do you have (If you were asked to make) any recommendations or suggestions to help cohort members make more connections and build relationships? (Anna) what would they be? Have you found any particular activities/experiences helpful in developing rapport? If so, which ones? (Anna - please help with wording)If you have found any particular activities/experiences helpful in developing rapport, which ones can you identify and how were they helpful? Rebecca

I also added some questions above so that we won't be "leading the witness" :) ~Katie

Here are the thoughts we (Rebecca, Kellie and DJ) had:

Grand Tour:

1. Describe the members of your online Educational Technology community.

a. Are there different relationships within this community?

i. Describe the varying relationships within the community

2. Describe how your online community communicates

a. What type of communication do you most frequently use with the faculty in your community?

b. What type of communication do you most frequently use with peers in your community?

i. Do you use communication for social reasons within this community?

ii. Describe a circumstance where you would use communication within this community for socializing

1. What types of communication would you use for socializing within this community?

iii. Describe a circumstance where you would use communication within this community for academic purposes

1. What types of communication would you use for academic purposes?

I like all of these. These questions would yield some interesting data.

Who wants to write up and post in the discussion forum? I have rephrased some of the questions above in this color....Rebecca 


 * Here is an email I sent in case you are checking here vs. email :) **


 * Let me know if you want me to post some of the questions we have started with... **


 * I also think it would be wise to send Dr. Webb an email with our question and some of the interview questions. He said he would be happy to take a look at where we were going. **
 * If you would like me to, let me know and I will send it. **
 * Kellie **
 * Kellie, I think that would be a great idea to get some input about our proposed questions. I didn't receive the email you sent. **
 * After reading some of the assigned reading, it seems we need to ask something like: Describe a typical week of your involvement with the online community? **
 * thanks, Rebecca **
 * Here is the information from the UF site on EdD information, which may help in the development of questions to measure if the cohort has experienced these things, or believes them: **
 * Here is the information from the UF site on EdD information, which may help in the development of questions to measure if the cohort has experienced these things, or believes them: **
 * Here is the information from the UF site on EdD information, which may help in the development of questions to measure if the cohort has experienced these things, or believes them: **

Potential students should carefully study the distinctions between the Ph.D. and Ed.D. degrees (Shulman, Golde, Bueschel & Garabedian, 2006) and consider which degree best helps them meet their career goals. The next Ed.D. cohort is scheduled to begin in Fall 2012. Applications will be due in early January 2012. Decisions will be announced in March 2012. The admission process for this is very competitive. We typically accept only 25% of the folks who apply so we can keep the cohort to a manageable number and provide personalized attention. A M.Ed. In Ed. Tech. is not a prerequisite for the program. We are looking for individuals who: -understand the professional practice nature of our Ed.D. Program. -work in a setting that will enable the merger of university learning and professional practice -read, read, read and synthesize what they read into their work -engage in the profession -excel in communication and collaboration -demonstrate strong writing skills -show evidence of intrinsic motivation and the ability to manage time wisely DJ

Monday, 8:40pm from DJ
==I am thinking about exploring the WAY we communicate in our online course, and if any of us feel that there is a difference between communicating online and communicating in a regular face to face course. I have worked up a few questions if anyone is also interested in pursuing this avenue. Feel free to make suggestions and let me know if I am off base:==

How are these differences treated by members of the online community?
== I am interested in finding out what you think about the process of communicating online with your peers. Could you please tell me what the process is that you go through when you need to communicate with peers; friends; assigned team members; faculty. ==

DJ,
== I think many of these questions are important if our focus is on the 'communication' in the online environment. We could blend these easily with the ones previously identified. We probably need to reword the following questions that we posted: == 1. Describe the members of your online Educational Technology community. a. Are there different relationships within this community? i. Describe the varying relationships within the community Rebecca