INLS 180 Day 24 Notes

11/13/02

Reminder Leo Yakutis tomorrow 11:00 room 215

Reminder: ASIST next week: WORK on Projects!!!

Notes on Clifford Lynch lecture yesterday

1. one-min papers
1. Point

Groupthink may simply be bad group dynamics, poor management

Fear is a strong contributor to groupthink

FAQs and AnswerGardens have potential but limited and difficult to sustain

2. Questions

How to avoid/minimize/leverage groupthink? Must it always be negative?

Is reference a dead end career? [no, it is evolving]

Is there groupthink in juries?

How to design systems/interfaces to facilitate group interaction?

Election/political decisions NOT result of group think as people vote independently? [Implied questions about scope and location dependence of group decision making]

2. Debriefing on the MOO
3. Discuss Dibbell [Cronquist]

4. One-minute paper concept

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?