12.5 Focus groups + Writing to learn checklist

We began by reviewing the 12.1 focus group.  Tim reported on what went well and what he would suggest changing.  We also talked about which categories were "full" and which needed more discussion.

Which categories covered?

space

identity

services

training

need to cover:

how to do pr + outreach

presence in the community

research

projects

connections to Kean mission statement

Connections to classroom

(implied commitment to students over university?)

programming

For the next focus group, Josh & Simone will be developing questions with specific language to fill in language for the "empty" categories.

Points for Focus Group reports

Form for Focus group report

Intro

participants, relevant circumstances of group (location, moderator, who took data + how - exceptional circumstances)
any changes that were made to the focus group process (your implementation of the recommendations from the last focus group)

what went well

what needs to change

recommendations for next focus group

Analysis

by category:

space

identity

training

research

community outreach

services

policy

Discussion of data (conversations within + # codes in each category) is your basis for the "conclusions" in the final section

Vision of WC from THIS focus group

list observations by category

rank the categories (from this group)

elaborate meta-observations about values, vision and identies implied by the ranking + the way the group discussed the categories

what the group wants ASAP

long term goals

At the end of class we used the WTL checklist to assess wtl in a video.  We learned a LOT about what we meant by WTL and the language we wanted to use to describe it.  Tim & Joe are going to take another shot at the list - and try it again next week. Hopefully we will have a couple more videos & will be able to try out the Social Interaction Rubric as well.

Good class & see you next week.