E-consultation for Dgov students 2008

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Place
Peter Froggatt Centre 311 (computer lab)
Time
1100-1230 on 13 Dec. 2008

Here are links to web sites that will be used during the session.

Preparation

Near the beginning you will need to set up an account on Facebook (for use later in the session), and complete a quick survey on which technologies you have experienced (so you can spend time on the less familiar ones).

Contrasts

versus

Types of knowledge

Do you want to collect explicit knowledge using quantitative techniques (see Lime Survey above), or tacit knowledge (e.g. feelings, experiences, stories) using qualitative techniques?

Or do you want to link stories to places?

Consultation stages

1. Defining the problem, identifying issues

2. Exploring the problem

3. Choosing and developing solutions

This includes both choice of options, and writing documents.

  • Writing wikiwiki pages (e.g. Wikipedia)
    • David Milliband set up a wikiwiki site at DEFRA, inviting people to write an environment contract between citizens and government.
    • The Guido Fawkes bloggers group edited it to satirise New Labour.
  • Other structures for collaborative writing
    • GRASS was developed by Aldo de Moor so that loggers and environmentalists could co-write a forestry policy for British Columbia.
  • Ranking alternatives