I really enjoyed seeing all the presentations and hearing what everyone was finding out about their blog. Very cool! I wish we had more time to chat about each presentation like I have done in the 200 level class. When I have used this strategy in the past it has been great for presenters to see where their argument is unclear and how design choices can distract viewers. Since it is early in the draft process and many people are still struggling to focus their paper, I decided instead to use the opportunity to give directed feedback about the argument itself so that everyone could apply it to their essay. In order to give presenters a sense of how viewers experienced the presentation, everyone was required to give feedback via a web-based survey. I collected all the feedback and sent it out to presenters.
When I was reading the weekly blog entries on presentations, I noticed that many people chose to comment on that post for the week even after giving feedback on the survey. What was very interesting, was the type of feedback that people gave via the comment function. Since people are reading and commenting in research groups, there is a familiarity that is absent in the anonymous feedback. Hmmm....there is something very interesting going on here. Does the writing situation change the type of feedback? Is it the anonymity? The familiarity? Or just the context of a sterile survey vs a friendly blog?
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