Mini-subgroup for Chief Delphi?

[Mowling]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Do I understand correctly that you're considering testing students on their ability to participate in a simulated forum discussion, so that you can assign them the responsibility to post on ChiefDelphi occasionally? (That doesn't sound too valuable.)

Or was your preamble about "slacking on these forums" unrelated to the objective of the test? In that case, is the test just to see who can gather information the most effectively, and/or to train students in how to operate as a group? (That seems more useful, except that by limiting participation to team members, you risk missing out on other viewpoints or bodies of knowledge that are not represented within your team.)

I'd suggest fleshing out the idea some more before proceeding with it.

Thank you for your post. XP It helped a lot with how I should word things. You're right, my introduction was misleading to the cause. To clarify, the test is, like you said, to see who can gather information the most effectively. Forums are hard to work around. Even completely knowledgeable people are terrible at wording out their thoughts and responding to others. Some people can be rough on the internet, so some students aren't able to handle that kind of pressure. A problem you stated is limited participation. It may seem like that, but the test is meant to evaluate whether or not a student is willing to talk to others. I'm hoping that having a group willing to represent the team's thoughts and opinions will actually increase participation. Students who don't know too much learn from other members, and students who are too scared to speak up will now know who to go to to speak for them. The whole concept of the test is teamwork. Working with others to create the most reasonable response to a situation is what I think would help the team the most. Thank you again for reading.