• several of the same recommendations apply which I made for the Indpendent Research
• interpret my comments made during class as MY efforts to help you to IMPROVE your project

• identify the nature of your project: implementation, empirical study
• apply it to something specific

• to the topics discussed in the COURSE
• a few selected references which are relevant to your work (to determine how your work fits into the larger landscape)

for final presentation:

Strong Project (Nathan, Nick, Jodi, Christopher, Isaac, & David)

• which specific game(s) will you support?
• how is your work related to "How the West was Won" gaming environment?
• to foster a deliberate "STOP –> REFLECT –> THINK –> ACT" approach –> how is this related to "reflection-in-action" supported by our critiquing approach

Wiki Conversation (Phong, Scotty)

• because we are familiar with the Swiki used in the class (which yu said was a specific kind of Wiki) — maybe you can illustrate some of your work and findings in this specific context
• the Independent Research team on Collaboration explored issues such as: trust, social capital, motivation to participate, .... what do these dimension mean in the context of your work
• worthwhile to look at again: "couch potato" article (March 7)

Collaborative Editor Tool (Adam)

• a strength: your implementation work
• provide links between your actual implementation work and a coneptual framework for collaboration
• analyze/compare how your support for a Collaborative Editor is similar or different from other collaborative editors

Meta-Design: End-Users Creating Content (Ali, Javier)

• identify the objectives and core achievements behind your projects (is it theoretical, empirical, implementation, some of all of this?
• be more specific about which problems you tackle and which methodology you emply
• clearly articulate YOUR understanding of "meta-design"
• I think looking at some articles about meta-design (e.g., Feb 21 and the work referenced in this article) will help

Video Games as a Learning Tool (Ryan, Aaron)

• compare (based on your findings, from theoretical frameworks) what people will learn / will not learn from the videogame compared to: reading a book, going out and practicing themselves, taking a private lesson, .....
• do these different activities complement each other?
• does being "good with the videotape" translate into "being better at golf"? do some people just want to be good with the videotape and forget about golf itself?
• a strength: you have given some thought to set up an experimental methodology

Reflective Content as a Learning Tool (Katie)

• define reflective discourse
• "I believe incorporating video cases is a promising technology for supporting reflective discourse in a seminar experience" –> justify this belief; are there other possibilities to support reflective discourse?
• this project involves design, learning, and collaboration –> be more specific in which way? reflect on what you learned from this class for your project and what your project contributes to the class?

Distance Education (Divya, Henry)

• your progress report is still missing from the Swiki
• strength: the development of your questionnaires and the fact that you interviewed people (Tammy Sumner may be a good candidate for an interview in case she has time, because she worked at the open university for some time)
• most people believe that distant education has its place but that it will not replace other educational experiences but complement it
• identify the strength and weakness of distant education
• there are MANY articles about distance education –> check out a few and reflect upon what you found out (was it known already?; does it confirm / contradict other findings)