Introduction
A semester-long collaboration among more than twenty individual scholars requires careful planning to guarantee exceptional attentiveness to each other’s ideas and exemplary and equitable communication. The crafting of a communication plan allows you, as a group, to establish the best procedures possible to facilitate your interactions as researchers throughout the semester.
Your plan should consider the following three critical elements of your collaboration.
- guidelines for interaction
- individual or small-group roles within the overarching research project
- procedures for fluid communication and the resolution of any conflicts that might arise.
The Plan
Develop a Wiki screen that addresses the following questions:
- How will the group promote dialogue and ensure civility?
- How, specifically, will the group go about making decisions?
- How will the group create space for considering minority/dissenting views?
- How will the group assign and document completion of tasks?
- What role will each individual play in their small group and larger group?
- How will work that isn’t completed by assigned individuals be completed?
- How will group members hold each other accountable for their assigned tasks and the ethics of the research?
- How will group members share information (i.e., blog, group, forum, wiki, email list, etc.)?
- How will group members communicate with faculty and community partners?
Evaluation
Faculty will evaluate the management plan and provide feedback using the following criteria:
- The clarity and practicality of the decision-making process outlined in the management plan
- The appropriateness of the group members’ allocated roles and responsibilities to the scope and nature of the assignment requirements
- The thoughtfulness and maturity with which the plan addresses key interaction issues such as accountability, tolerance of dissenting views, civility, acceptable research ethics, etc.
- The clarity and thoroughness of the procedures outlined to guarantee the completion of research tasks
General Expectations
To achieve the level of detail required to facilitate such complex research collaboration, your RING management plan will require at least 750 words. In addition, you may integrate additional material which will clarify your plans, such as tables, relevant images, links, etc.
Due: 2/20, 11pm. 25 points