Lisbon sites and info

Dear all
The WebLabs' sites in Lisbon are now really starting the work. We have two
groups on Randomness (tangibles + TT) (two groups of oldtimers, one in Vale
Milhacos and the other in St Peter's) and one group with Numbers (the group
of newcomers in St Peter's).
Meanwhile we prepared the materials and activities, constructed the
Lego-robots and explored ways of making the setup easier (we will be
reporing on that to the Italian group soon), and set up a scheme for data
collection and analysis.

We felt the need to have a way of directing our teachers more quickly to the
relevant documents published on Plone and on Weblabs site, so we made that
through a webpage on
http://www.educ.fc.ul.pt/docentes/jfmatos/weblabs/local_weblabs.htm that
helps teachers to follow the right links with less effort. We also included
there a more detailed description of our work (both in English and/or in
Portuguese) and memos from our meetings including the schedule (sent to
Sophie last month) and the documents and drafts we are using in the process
of data analysis. From this material a set of documents will be being
published on Plone as they get in a more refined form.
Best,
Joao Filipe




http://www.educ.fc.ul.pt/docentes/jfmatos



----- Original Message -----
From: "Yishay Mor" <[email protected]>
To: "Joao Filipe Matos" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Celia Hoyles" <[email protected]>; "Sophie Covey-Crump"
<[email protected]>; "Richard Noss" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: EARLI paper


> Joao Filipe,
>
> Thanks for the clarifications. I agree with the points you make. In
> fact, we are experiencing the same difficulties in the papers we're
> leading.
>
> Obviously, it is hard to coordinate a collaborative effort in such
> pressing circumstances. The only approach I can suggest is that you
> share the drafts you have as early as possible, and give people an
> opportunity to contribute. Whoever makes significant use of this
> opportunity gets her name included as co-author. I can say I would like
> to contribute, but as you can imagine - I can't commit to anything at
> this point.
>
> As for "results". We've actualy discussed this very issue in our team
> meeting this morning. One of the characteristics of WebLabs is the
> diversity in our approaches to "data" and "results". Our resolution was
> to make this into a virtue: we are aware of the differences, we respect
> the various approaches and strive to inform each other rather then
> impose one particular philosophy. I haven't seen your draft yet, so I
> can't comment on it, but I'm sure that your results will be consistent
> with the theoretical framework you propose. The tricky bit is to find
> the right balance between presenting the framework and presenting the
> results in such a restricted space.
>
> best,
>
> - Yishay
>
> Joao Filipe Matos wrote:
>
> >Thanks Yishay, we are grounding the paper on GmR taking into account the
> >interactions with other sites.
> >I'm not sure about how to go with Bulgaria and Cyprus given the deadline.
> >For sure we will have a final draft by Friday this week and we can
circulate
> >it by then. Certainly we want to have you (and all partners in fact) as
> >critical readers.
> >
> >Now, you mention the need for "results-oriented" papers in EARLI, I
suppose
> >meaning that what EARLI wants is empirical evidence. We can go along that
> >certainly, however I think that empirical data without a strong
theoretical
> >framework (emerging or being applied) makes no sense in research. Ok, I
know
> >we don't have to agree with EARLI (and in this perspective I don't). So,
> >please let me know if our paper is "results-oriented" enough.
> >Best,
> >Joao Filipe
> >
> >
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