Final+Group+Report


 * FINAL GROUP REPORT**

Team 5, Net 205 consisting off Irene Pollak, Jelena Ivovic, Andrea Hall, Theresa Keecherer and Volker Janssen. Irene was nominated as team liaison, responsible for communication between Tutor and rest of the team. For ease of collaboration on this project Team 5 used four different social mediums.


 * Wiggio** for academic documents, allocation and reviews of readings to be completed by the end of each week to consolidate info in files allocated for each weeks readings. Image sharing, discussions on points and universal access to the completed documents.


 * Facebook** peer articles, discussions for asking for help or support, emergency discussions on issues with software, research or understandings.


 * Wikispaces** publishing of complete documents and learning . Volker had used this last term and we saw this as an opportunity for the rest of us to learn through his experience.


 * Skype** weekly catch ups which were documented with what weekly projects were to be done by each member. Clarification of projects, allocation of readings, findings and further investigation and tangents to explore or to discard were edited quikcly in this medium.

The group project was allocated as follows:
 * Introduction and overview || Andrea ||
 * Kickstarter || Volker ||
 * Internet Commerce || Theresa ||
 * Network Economy || Irene ||
 * Attention Economy || Jelena ||
 * Group Report || All ||
 * Reference Page || All ||
 * Useful Links || All ||

Irene contributed a reading review structure that was used from week 2; individual files for each weeks outcomes and readings were also set up at this by Irene. Jelena set up the Assignment 2 blueprint document for easy delegation of sections which we each chose. Theresa and Andrea collated images for the front page presentation of the assignment on top of their unit topics. We as a group have read the Free Economy readings to overview its relevance to this assignment we were going to look into Gift readings but they were not relevant to Kickststarter.
 * Group Work**

There were a few issues with multiple members editing the Wikispaces pages at the submission time of the draft so we have since given each topic its own page to remedy this. Also this would help add transparency to the entire reading, from a viewer perspective. Each of the chapters would be conveniently accessible from the navigation bar, while each chapter would contain its own table of contents.

To consolidate our references, they were accumulated in a separate page and linked to appropriate pages. Firstly, some of the chapters refer to the same sources and secondly, the solitary reference page is a great way to give an alphabetical overview of all the contributing readings that make up the project. Each reference is provided with an anchor from which the in-text references link, similar to Wikipedia linking, this was done by Volker, with guidance to those who wanted to do their own. Volker and Theresa are working on the layout of Wikispaces to refine its finished look, as this is where their strengths lay and it was something both elected and were happy to do.

During the Skype sessions there were some connection difficulties for Andrea and Volker in week seven and eight. But as we had a weekly catch up document we put notes in there for everyone to review at their leisure. There was a slight hiccup in week eight of doubling of efforts and that was quickly remedied through a discussion on Facebook. Andrea constructed an activity log document which we all contributed our activities for each week, so that everyone was aware of our independent efforts and to avoid doubling up and concerns about progress. During these sessions in Week 4, Irene had constructed documents for each topic readings for the unit, allocations of weekly readings were put in this document. Reviews were to be completed by the middle of the following week to allow time for Activities. A standard list of questions for readings that Irene had obtained from a previous net unit was used as a template for key points of information to be collected for each reading. This enabled a consistent review of readings, which each team member was able to read and obtain all key points.

After the review and marking on our draft of assignment two we discussed the tutors suggestions and recommendations and gave each other feedback on further refinement, based on that feedback. This peer consult allowed us to reflect on our actions and decisions regarding Assignment two and the benefits of working as a group on this project has taught us the importance and effectiveness of collective intelligence. On the final week, each member was to have their section close to completion to allow time for each member to review and feedback on each others contributions. The result is a flow through from each topic.