Alexandra and I met up to start the process of constructing a data-gathering exercise around the Oral Production course this spring.
I explained the basic situation around the course:
• between 10 and 20 students
• most of the students Swedes, but a couple of 'foreigners'
• a link-up with Bryan Carter's students in Missouri (to be defined more clearly on 24th January)
• a mix of communications technologies in support of the course, including a course blog, podcasts and a simple web site
Alexandra described how she would like data to be gathered, if possible:
• me keeping a journal (this blog for the time being) about everything that happens on the course, including all the contacts with students
• recording of SL sessions, using a program like Camtasia (if we can find one which works for Macs)
• RL video recording of David at work (to see what happens in RL as he teaches)
• RL video recording of at least one student on this side of the Atlantic (my suggestion being Peter Carlsson, who's also an IT-techician/pedagogue in our department here)
• 'probes' (still pics taken by friends of students as they participate in the course)
• questionnaires for all participants
We discussed how we'd inform the students about this data-gathering. Alexandra's drafting a letter to go out to them soon.
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