Project Mandate
Our task for this project was to see what social networking technologies could benefit for online collecting.
Specifically, our assignment asked us to:
- "Explore what advantages there were to building an online collection."
- Make collecting more social and interactive.
- Explore alternative models for roles of the collector, where everyone could control their level of contribution.
One thing that distinguishes our project is that our Instrctor asked us specifically not to improve an existing system. He gave us broad permission to explore new ideas at a high level, rather than focus on specific workflow or usability problems.
Focus
We created an affinity diagram of all of the ideas that we and our Instructor had for where the project might go. Through further discussions with our group and instructor, we came up with a focus statement that would guide our project and give us something to anchor our research and ideas in.
Focus statement:
To design a framework for creating & managing social interactions in the context of a learning environment that:
- Increases collector motivation
- Encourages quality contributions
- Explore alternative models for roles of collectors in an online environment