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Building Better Resumes the Open Source Way

Whalen, D. Joel, Abram Anders, et al. “Selections From the ABC 2010 Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.” Business Communications Quarterly. 74.3 (2011): 356-372.

“Building Better Resumes the Open Source Way”: My favorite assignment applies open source production strategies and crowd sourcing principles to the task of creating better bullet points and skills descriptions for resumes and job applications. My assignment not only provides a novel and engaging interface for student learners, but also overcomes a traditional pedagogical challenge. Students often recognize the difference between “good” and “bad” examples, but struggle bridging the gap between the two in their own writing. By crowd sourcing the invention and revision processes the “open source way” interrupts single author inertia and helps students realize a wider range and more refined applications of the available means of persuasion.

See Media and Materials:

Better Resumes Media and Materials

http://www.d.umn.edu/~adanders/betterresumes.html

Google Apps and Collaborative Learning Study

Preliminary Outline for a Grant-based Research Project?

Exigence: Demand for collaborative skills in workplace; Contexts for professional work are increasingly cross-functional, asynchronous, and socially networked; Adoption of Google Apps platform by the University of Minnesota system provides a unique opportunity for college-wide use and curriculum growth based in collaborative and socially networked production processes

Create OPEN Source Collaborative Learning Environments (OS-CLE) Archives:

  • Develop Google Docs template archives for instructors including word processor documents and survey forms (Assignment Sheets, Guidelines, Group Contracts, Team Building Exercises, Peer-review and Evaluation Forms, and  Assessment Forms/Procedures);
  • Develop Google Sites templates — for instructors: Collaborative-based course and individual project templates; for students: club/organization, group projects, individual learning environments / study portals;
  • Create Learning Modules on specific topics (Team Work, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Facilitation) and Tutorials for specific Tools (Youtube, LinkedIN, etc.)

Develop Collaborative Learning Research Program (CLRP):  Capture metrics on OS-CLE adoption and use by faculty and students; Assessment at all stages of deployment including user-based feedback for students and Faculty Assessment procedures for courses and assignments; ultimately, a longitudinal study of a sample of LSBE students from freshman year through 5 years out of school to measure the impact, value, and experience with collaborative work processes and infrastructures

For Further Invention: Consider potential research partners and project stakeholders (from UMD community, UM system, and beyond); Investigate best practices and programs of Higher Ed institutions using Google Apps; Perform literature review and seek advice/feedback on study design; Explore grant opportunities and/or potential funding sources

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