August 27

Case Study Three

I have been working in Case Study Group 9. My group consists of myself, Marika Simon, Ann Conte, Donna Thurling and Deborah Nicklin.

For Case Study 3, we kick-started the process by considering the scenario and noting down our thoughts on the superficial and deeper issues we found. Then, we each selected one of the deeper issues to research. I chose Conflict Resolution. My group members researched Shared Vision / School Direction, Collaboration and Communication, Relationships and School Culture, and Change.

Can you identify a leadership style/styles that came to the fore?

It is difficult to identify a particular leadership style based on the few interactions of Case Study 3. However, I did notice that certain members were more outspoken than others, leading the way in terms of working on the case.

How do you feel you were able to participate (or not)?

I feel positive about the group experience during Case Study 3. I had ample opportunity to participate, and this was aided by a set work schedule drafted by Marika. We had deadlines to work to and this meant that we had a chance to contribute our ideas before anybody moved on to the next stage. Although I was one of the last to contribute to the initial stage – jotting down thoughts on the superficial and deeper issues – I was still able to offer some of my own ideas.

What did you find easy/difficult in participating in this way (which will be new for some, if not many, of you)?

Communication was perhaps the most difficult element of the process. This wasn’t because my group members were poor communicators. It was simply due to the fact that I was unable to receive notifications to show when somebody had made a change to the wiki, or posted to the discussion board. Often, conversations were occurring in more than one place – the comments section of the wiki, the editable wiki itself, the different wikis, and the discussion board.

I suppose this highlights the importance of effective communication. There needs to be a clear chain of communication, so that threads can be followed and all stakeholders are party to information that they need.

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Posted August 27, 2019 by murphda75 in category ETL504 Teacher Librarian as Leader

3 thoughts on “Case Study Three

  1. marikamum

    Dan,
    I think that a great upgrade to the group area would be the ability to subscribe to the wiki/discussion boards or somehow request posting notifications. It is always difficult to decide when to send out broadcast emails – I was hesitant to overuse that feature for fear of becoming ‘the boy who cried wolf’ and rendering emails less significant by overuse.

    Hopefully we will work out the best balance by the end of the process, LOL!

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    1. murphda75 (Post author)

      I’ve since reflected on this and I’m wondering if notifications would be annoying? Imagine if we got a notification every time a wiki was modified or a comment appeared! We would be drowning in notifications!

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  2. Marika

    There is a balance – that is why many platforms (like listservs, etc.) have options for how frequently you want to be notified. Something like that would be helpful in the Interact Group platform. Although, being an incessant checker myself, I did not find the lack too annoying, LOL.

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