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WaterCAMPWS Collaboratory: Bricks for Community Inquiry Bertram C. Bruce Library & Information Science U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign October 31, 2003 Abstract An update on the development of the WaterCAMPWS Collaboratory, focusing on the bricks model. Bricks are components, which can be assembled to meet the needs of particular user groups. For example, a syllabus tool could be especially useful for the instructor and students in a course; a lab notebook for a research group; and a document center for either. Part of the seminar will be devoted to a participatory design process in which attendees can help shape the design of the member/group profile system and the lab notebook. WaterCAMPWS Collaboratory • The Need • Community Inquiry Laboratories – – – – Features Uses Object Model: Bricks Profiles • WaterCAMPWS Collaboratory – Status – Issues/Questions • Participatory Design Center-ness • Collaboration within to amplify the contribution of individual researchers and projects • Connections to communities beyond the Center--government, industry, education, under-served groups, international, public-at-large Collaboratories C3MS • Community, • Content, and • Collaboration management systems (Schneider, 2003) A center without walls… in which the nation's researchers can perform their research without regard to geographical location – interacting with colleagues, accessing instrumentation, sharing data and computational resources, and accessing information in digital libraries –Kouzes, Myers, & Wulf (1996) Examples • University Course LIS Inquiry-Based Learning •Community Action PBCL Project • Working Group Catalysis Working Group • K-12 Education Summer Water Camp • Committee WaterCAMPWS HRD Committee • Project Illinois Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Community Inquiry Labs • To build collaboratories • Elements – Bricks – Profiles – Authentication system – Style sheets CIL Features: Software • open software model: (1) users can mix-andmatch bricks, (2) bricks are open source • a brick maker, which allows non-programmers to make their own bricks • => community development; collaborations with a diverse group of people working in education, e-government, and other areas • inquiry development model (use -> build -> design): (1) participatory design, (2) development as research on community inquiry CIL Features: Relation to Community • open participation: start open and then create private spaces, vetting, etc as needed • universal design: an emphasis on accessibility, not only in terms of disabilities, but in terms of bandwidth, screen size, local support • community work first: situating the technology within ongoing communities, rather than seeing it as a replacement or complete in itself CIL Bricks Calendar Events Agendas, Minutes Tasks Timeline Syllabus, Living Textbook Inquiry Units Rubric Maker Standards Alignment Document Center Digital Library Bibliography Quotes Image Library Inquiry in Action Surveys Lab Notebook Journal Address Book Email Bulletin Board Listservs Blogs Website Maker Links HTML editor Help Page FAQs CIL Profiles • Member--password, contact information, bio, role, projects • Groups • Projects--goals, methods, accomplishments, products, facilities, expertise, website, members Listservs Bulletin Boards (1) Bulletin Boards (2) Document Center Collaboratory Issues (1) • Copyright • Not required to publish/post anything; follow current norms • E.g., could post your journal article in your Document Center, but not make a public link • Vetting content • You decide what to post and how to label it • Can create your own CIL with only approved material • Will be able to stamp material as desired Collaboratory Issues (2) • Authentication • Passwords • Able to create Public, Group, Private CIL’s and units • Customization • You decide which bricks to incorporate in your collaboratory • Style sheets • We can help you with style sheets Connections • NCSA (Biology Workbench, GK-12, Chickscope, … • EOT-PACI (e-government, MSI’s, …) • Chancellor’s Cross-Campus Initiatives • NSF/DFG--Net-Based Knowledge Communication in Groups • LEEP distance learning program Participatory Design • Design through use – our interactions with you drive development • Brick making • Balance specificity and generality • Balance power and ease of use Member Profile • Contact information • Additional: Homepage URL, photo, • Profession (researcher, student, K-12 teacher, etc.) • Grade level(s) • Research/subject area(s) • Mailing list subscriptions • Projects • Share/publish tags Project Profile • • • • • • • Title Investigators Students Project Objective Background Plan Anticipated Technical Results • HRD & Knowledge Transfer Activities • HRD Capabilities • Collaboration with other Elements of WaterCAMPWS • Available Equipment & Facilities • Available Expertise: Techniques Lab Notebook • • • • • • • Project Purpose Investigators Date Equipment Measurements x trials Analysis & visualization tools Activity • Identify new fields or changes to existing ones • List terms that might be used frequently for each field Contact Information • Rajeev Ramprakash: Demos and user support: [email protected] (217) 265-0741 • Dave Linderman, Cameron Jones: Collaboratory/CIL feedback and technical queries: [email protected] (217) 265-5406 • Andre Brock: Working with diverse communities [email protected] (217) 333-7197 Happy Halloween!