[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA 2013 post mortem - Part A

[Mark]

Ah, I see what you mean now.



On 7 November 2013 12:30, Vear, Gary D <vear.gary.d at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:

>  Hi Mark,
>
> I'm not sure where the need for clarification comes from.
>
> It seems to me that both the study design and textbook clearly refer to *types
> * of online communities in the same way, with each source including the
> following three:
> (1) social,
> (2) professional/work-based and
> (3) project/interest-based.
>
> In turn, each of these three types of communities supports, to varying
> degrees, three main *purposes*:
> (1) collaboration,
> (2) knowledge sharing, and
> (3) collective identity.
>
> Since answer D (knowledge-sharing) to question 1 is a purpose (and not a
> type) of online communities, it can safely be ruled out as a potential
> answer.
>
> The question specifically asks for a "type of online community." Only A
> (social) and C (project-based) represent *types *of online communities as
> expressed in the study design and textbook, so it comes down to a choice
> between them. Given the scenario, C strikes me as the best alternative.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Mark [mark at vceit.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 7 November 2013 11:42 AM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA 2013 post mortem - Part A
>
>
> On 7 November 2013 11:07, Vear, Gary D <vear.gary.d at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:
>
>> if we accept the textbook classification of online communities.
>
>
> Do we? If you are referring specifically to the Potts textbook's
> classification, remember that no textbook is gospel.
>
>  The study design says in U3O1 KK 1, "types and purposes of online
> communities including social, work-based, project/interest-based that
> support the purposes of collaboration, knowledge sharing and collective
> identity."
>
>  This is actually ambiguous. Does it it mean ...
>
>  "types and purposes of online communities including
> (i) social,
> (ii) work-based,
> (iii) project/interest-based that support the purposes of collaboration,
> knowledge sharing and collective identity."
>
>  Or does it mean...
>
>  "types and purposes of online communities including
> (i) social,
> (ii) work-based,
> (iii) project/interest-based
> that *(all)* support the purposes of collaboration, knowledge sharing and
> collective identity."
>
>  I read it the second way.
>
>  Did you read it the first way?
>
>  If you read it the first way, it implies that *only* a
> project/interest-based community supports collaboration, knowledge sharing
> and collective identity!
> Neither the social nor work-based communities have need of these things.
> That does not make a lot of sense to me.
>
>  Perhaps Paula can clarify the interpretation of the KK.
>
>  --
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
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