AWESOME-DissertationUNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

• Co-Investigators:

Rebecca O’Rourke (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute )

Aisha Walker (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute )

Vania Dimitrova (School of Computing)

Lydia Lau (School of Computing)

Melissa Highton (Staff Support and Development)

• Research Assistants:

Kathryn Kaufhold (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute )

Sirisha Bajanki (School of Computing)

• Proof of concept prototype:

Alex Le Bek ( Website Design: simple solutions from advanced technology)

PARTNERS

• UNIVERSITY OF COVENTRY (Centre for Academic Writing)

• UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR (School of Lifelong Learning)

Who are the users?

• End users

– students (UG and TPG); teachers; writing advisors

• Other users

– learning developers; learning technologists

• Stakeholders

– Project partners: Coventry (Centre for Academic Writing); Bangor (School of Lifelong Learning)

– UoL stakeholder group

– UoL webmaster

– Emerge

– JISC UandI programme

When and how the users are involved

Emerge UIDM (Users and Innovation Development Model)

UIDM AWESOME (agile timeboxing)

stage 1 phase 0 (May-Sept 07) involving users & stakeholders

stage 2 phase 1 (Feb-Apr 08) involving RO’R & AW as users for initial design/prototype; partners/stakeholders for feedback

stages 3/4 phase 2a (Apr-July) two instantiations (Education and Fashion Design)phase 2b (July-Sept) user trials (Education and Fashion Design)

AWESOME – startup page

School of Education Instantiation

Home page – multimedia contentand a bit of fun!

Home page – latest update in Press

“What is a dissertation” page – some content are pre-populated

“What is a dissertation” page –ADE provide the framework for users’ contribution to content

“What is a dissertation” page –the use of tagging for retrieval

“How to choose a topic” page –tailoring structure to context

“How to choose a methodology” page- linking to external portals

“How to choose a methodology” page- factbox for pointers to all related facts

“How to develop your literature” page- active encourage for participation

“How to write clearly” page- learn from previous feedback

“How to write clearly” page- user can add comments & tags

Providerelevanttags being used

A form interfacefor entering underpinningontology

“Project management” page

“My dissertation” page and other personal spaces