Video as a Lens into the Social Interactions and Collaborations within KITL

1. This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation • In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button • Select “Meeting Minder” • Select the “Action Items” tab • Type in action items as they come up • Click OK to dismiss this box • This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. Video as a Lens into the Social Interactions and Collaborations within KITL KMD1002 Presenters: Dan Kurtz, Cheryl Ann Madeira, Mike Tissenbaum, Joan Touzet

2. Summary • Technology has become a common tool within a wide-range of both personal and professional environments. • Impact on people (communication, social interaction, exchange) • New technologies can also cause new and unique barriers.

3. KITL Room opening proceedings

4. Knowledge Innovation & Technology Lab (KITL) • Located at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT), • Purpose of room is to study educational research and collaboration • The communication tools of interest for our project are: • Web-based collaboration tool • Thunder System.

5. Objective and Goals • To develop an understanding about practical human interactive issues such as time management and organization. • To determine how users establish the rules of engagement within the KITL room. • To observe learning researchers' uses of the Thunder System for collaboration and discussion.

6. Hypothesis • H1: Effective time management and organization leads to successful interactions and collaborations. • H2: Users benefit from social rules of engagement that can lead to successful collaborative outcomes. • H3: Users would more effectively collaborate and develop community through the use of the Thunder System.

7. Methodology Sample: • 12 participants • Members of group consisted of research educators, architects, administrators, and technology designers (interdisciplinary) • Single two-hour meeting in the KITL room observed – this was the first time these individuals had used the room as a group. • Objective of members of group: To create a lesson/activity using the Thunder System (collaborative technology.

8. Methodology Data Collection: • field notes, • video documentation from two angles • surveys

9. Field Notes http://www.pbwiki.com Field Notes

10. Survey

11. Methodology • Experience Video Editing • Capturing data within video documentation • Time element of project and organization of clip • Mechanism of Understanding from video versus interviews, field notes and surveys (and final product)

12. Video Editing

13. Data Analysis and Findings • Effective time management and organization leads to successful interactions and collaborations. • Social interactions must be encouraged throughout the meeting. • Direction and layout organization (spatial orientation) important to increase social interaction • Smaller group increases social interactions

14. Effective Time

15. Data Analysis and Findings • Users benefit from social rules of engagement that can lead to successful collaborative outcomes . • When rules and organization not in place (more informal meeting) social group will develop their own organization and rules. • The development of social rules of engagement enables the members of group to function better and to complete tasks.

16. Rules and Organization

17. Data and Findings • Users would more effectively collaborate and develop community through the use of the Thunder System. • The members of the community collaborate when using the Thunder System – however this needs to be in a small group context. • The community is established by the problem-solving of the technology (mutual goals).

18. Effective Collaboration

19. Implications of Study • Organization and structure within a technology-enhanced meeting, establishing rules of engagement necessary within technology based social interaction. • Technical issues that need to be solved • Limitations of KITL Thunder System – although collaborative – only one person at a time can input information (can prevent simultaneous free thinking.)

20. Video as Lens • Video documentation lends a powerful, rich data source for understanding social interactions within technology environment • Able to follow each idea and thought without missing other members contributions • Increases time element in analysis • Better if there is movement or action within the social interaction

21. Goals for Next Review • Follow up for KITL room: • Guidelines for the room; technology information steps. • Members of group come with some project outline template • Interaction within this highly technology based room requires the entire time devoted to “PLAYING” with the technology.