Background from the initial Skype group conversation

[4/11/12 10:27:13 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: As a newcomer to the KF group I am needing to understand:

1. each person involved as people and in terms of their present research projects and past contributions to research and the group, and
2. how each of the people and their projects involved in KF are connected/connecting.

That is a lot of ground to cover and having a number of platforms to share on will be great. I suspect that there are others in the group who have similar needs to me.

I am wondering whether running an online 'seminar series', maybe using skype as our medium might be an easy way to cover some of this ground. For instance, we could have one presentation each fortnight and we could start with people presenting already completed work (work they have probably presented before).

This could be followed by an open discussion with all group members describing how what has been presented relates to past or present work they have done and to the goals of KF. During and after each presentation these research projects could be entered onto a debategraph that is continually updated.

For those who are already familiar with all participants work the construction of the debategraph could be the main focus.

[4/11/12 10:30:06 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: Each skype session, both the presentation and the relationship building afterwards, could be recorded as a group resource. That would allow future new members to the group to catch up more easily. When these are out of date these could be redone.

[4/11/12 10:34:52 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: Maybe - weekly rather than fortnightly.

[4/11/12 10:36:22 AM] Sam Hahn: AH: People's assumptions about their utility of work limits what they share

[4/11/12 10:37:11 AM] Sam Hahn: SH: Fortnightly would stretch out someone's presentation for half a year

[4/11/12 10:38:04 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: DP: how to build on the course dimension. Weekly seminar series could speak to AH's objective and to the course objective.

[4/11/12 10:38:04 AM] Sam Hahn: DP: Another idea: Dino - how to build on the course dimension at IUC. Weekly seminar series would possibly speak to both objectives

[4/11/12 10:38:59 AM] Sam Hahn: AH: Seminar series could be context into which KF materials could be fed

[4/11/12 10:39:33 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: asynchronous process that allows each person to contribute in their own time

[4/11/12 10:40:00 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: two or three participants real time at the presentation could be enough at each 30min intro

[4/11/12 10:40:24 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: this could then be updated by the rest of the group

[4/11/12 10:40:54 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: what could the ideal be

[4/11/12 10:41:19 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: one presentation every two or three days, each presentation 15-30mins

[4/11/12 10:41:33 AM] Sam Hahn: DP: Encourage short presentations

[4/11/12 10:41:54 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: short presentations: practical to create, practical to digest and give feedback on

[4/11/12 10:42:05 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: compression is part of the discipline of it

[4/11/12 10:42:53 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: TED rules for first part of presentation, the 20-30 mins discussion

[4/11/12 10:44:22 AM] Sam Hahn: AH: Start overview style, intro

[4/11/12 10:45:06 AM] Sam Hahn: DP: goog hangout?

[4/11/12 10:45:17 AM] Sam Hahn: recorded?

[4/11/12 10:46:05 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: can we record google hangout sessions?

[4/11/12 10:46:30 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: webex for recording sessions - costs money, open uni tool used by simon

[4/11/12 10:46:42 AM] Sam Hahn: SH: Webex records, but is costly

[4/11/12 10:48:52 AM] Sam Hahn: SH: Nominate Alexandria do session #1

[4/11/12 10:50:22 AM] Sam Hahn: SH: Propose presenter schedule, and just see how many / who else can join. Not 0, not all of us :)

[4/11/12 10:51:09 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: NZ: Sunday 25th, 8 am

[4/11/12 10:52:55 AM] Sam Hahn: AH: Call Recorder to record Skype

[4/11/12 10:53:13 AM] Sam Hahn: AH: to figure this out

[4/11/12 10:55:05 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: 18mins presentation, max 14 attendees with 2 mins each for comment/feedback = 30 mins of feedback discussion. Max time required for whole event 1 hour.

[4/11/12 10:57:19 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: Each person does a local recording of the talk as they present separately from the skype recording

[4/11/12 10:59:22 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: intermission proposed after the end of the presentation for reflection before discussion begins

[4/11/12 11:04:01 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: how do we get familiar with eachother's work - post info on twitter, blog, facebook, etc.

[4/11/12 11:07:17 AM] David Price: [Copy of Group Summary Email (Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 23:01 GMT) For Alexandra]

[9/11/12 9:47:24 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: Sasha has made the suggestion that each presenter in the KF Overview Seminar Series prepare 5-10 questions they would like to put to the group about knowledge federation. I think this is a useful idea. Maybe those questions could become bubbles on the debategraph.

[9/11/12 9:49:36 AM] Dr Alexandra Hart: These questions could also be on the topics that the presenter offers. This could be a means for them to directly seek feedback on their own contribution to KF.