Update on windows onto learning

It occurred to me that I haven't updated you on Windows onto Learning for a while. That was the idea I had about a year ago to have a way of sharing and celebrating student work on screens around the department.  Two exciting things have happened since then:

1. My very clever student Pawel developed a prototype peice of software to support it called WonderWOL, developed using a user centred design methodology. You can find out more here: http://windowsontolearning.wetpaint.com/photo/1891769/WonderWOL+logo+1.2.
2. We got a research infrastructure grant to kit out our student coffee area with lots of sensors and plasma screens. This means we have something to display WonderWOL on, plus some money to refurbish the manky old room (addressing the student wishlist we gathered last semester.) We may even have goldfish (yes, I know I am obsessed) although one of my students told me she is scared of fish the other day. (Who knew there are fish phobics? Mind you, I have long been tormented by a nightmare in which my first goldfish leaps from the jar when I clean his tank and lands gasping on the floor. Panic!)

This just goes to show the good things come to those who... wait. And also those with colleagues who are good at writing proposals and those with good students.

Comments

[Pawel]

Hello, and just to put things straight "I've never been clever, because needed it never"[Peter Nalic]!

This wiki is unfortunately "frozen" at this point, as project was abandoned for summer/forever. good links are iterations: http://windowsontolearning.wetpaint.com/page/Iterations
and posters http://windowsontolearning.wetpaint.com/page/Drafts+and+sketches

podcast is explanatory too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuRfxU_1SZg

I am currently writing reaserch proposal to continue my research (since there is time and money). This time I would stick more to extreme programming model (last time I was only learning) possibly using classreps as clients. It would be great to measure if implementing such system will actually make us STUDY/FEEL BETTER - to check it I would use more ethnography and psychological questionnaires ( maybe motivation and wellbeing).

Once project is continued more info will be released and hopefullty posted here :)

This is one of the most exciting things I was doing in my life :D