E-consultation design - Revision history

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‎Contributing via other technologies

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‎Recieving submissions from other technologies

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‎Recieving submissions from other technologies

Jjh: /* The e-consultation process */

2007-04-16T14:51:45Z

‎The e-consultation process

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‎Refining the web site

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‎Refining the web site

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‎Recieving submissions from other technologies

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‎Recieving submissions from other technologies

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‎The e-consultation process

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	The end result allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.		The end result allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.

−	~~Contirbutions~~ to the four themed blogs can be read online at [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation].	+	Contributions to the four themed blogs can be read online at [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation].

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 The [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/ online blog system] was run using [http://wordpress.org/ Wordpress software].  [http://is.mgt.qub.ac.uk/tiki-index.php?page=Mr+Ashish+Italiya Ashish Italiya] modified the [http://wordpress.org/ Wordpress software] to accept various forms of submissions: by an online form, e-mail, SMS text messages from a mobile ‘phone, and through voice mail.
-=====Recieving submissions from other technologies=====
+=====Contributing via other technologies=====
 Two mobile phones were connected to USB ports on a PC, which was located at [http://www.qub.ac.uk Queen’s University Belfast].  One phone had a Northern Ireland number and the other a Republic of Ireland phone - both countries have different telecommunications systems.
 *Software on the [http://www.qub.ac.uk QUB] PC picked up text messages sent to the mobile phones

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	The end result allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.		The end result allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.

−	~~You~~ can ~~see the different ways participants could share their views~~:	+	Contirbutions to the four themed blogs can be read online at [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation].
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−	~~EXAMPLE VIEWS GO HERE~~

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	The end result of all that work was a site that reads much better than the Waterways Ireland web site. You don’t need to be an experienced consultation respondent to follow it.		The end result of all that work was a site that reads much better than the Waterways Ireland web site. You don’t need to be an experienced consultation respondent to follow it.
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	===The e-consultation process===		===The e-consultation process===

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 The research team spent some time developing draft pages for this site.  Their aim was make it easy for people to understand the point of the e-consultation.  It was about active citizenship and they were to submit their stories or experiences of active citizenship.
-Also, the research team spent a lot of time getting the words and images right for the explanations on the site. There were many iterations of writing, first within the team, between [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Letterkenny&sll=53.098145,-2.443696&sspn=11.149649,29.619141&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.980372,-7.735748&spn=0.166283,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Letterkenny] and [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Belfast&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.624171,-5.929871&spn=0.167755,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Belfast], and then making corrections (To the spelling, grammar and sense) noted by staff at [http://www.wheel.ie the Wheel].
+Also, the research team spent a lot of time getting the words and images right for the explanations on the site. There were many iterations of writing, first within the team, between [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Letterkenny&sll=53.098145,-2.443696&sspn=11.149649,29.619141&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.980372,-7.735748&spn=0.166283,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Letterkenny] and [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Belfast&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.624171,-5.929871&spn=0.167755,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Belfast], and then making corrections (to the spelling, grammar and sense) noted by staff at [http://www.wheel.ie the Wheel].
 The end result of all that work was a site that reads much better than the Waterways Ireland web site. You don’t need to be an experienced consultation respondent to follow it.

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 ===Web site Design===
 =====Refining the web site=====
-The research team spent some time developing draft pages for this site.  Their aim was make it easy for people to understand the point of the e-consultation.  It was about active citizenship adn they were to submit their stories or experiences of active citizenship.
+The research team spent some time developing draft pages for this site.  Their aim was make it easy for people to understand the point of the e-consultation.  It was about active citizenship and they were to submit their stories or experiences of active citizenship.
-Also, the research team spent a lot of time getting the words and images right for the explanations on the site. There were many iterations of writing, first within the team, between Letterkenny and Belfast, and then making corrections (To the spelling, grammar and sense) noted by staff at the Wheel.
+Also, the research team spent a lot of time getting the words and images right for the explanations on the site. There were many iterations of writing, first within the team, between [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Letterkenny&sll=53.098145,-2.443696&sspn=11.149649,29.619141&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.980372,-7.735748&spn=0.166283,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Letterkenny] and [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Belfast&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.624171,-5.929871&spn=0.167755,0.462799&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Belfast], and then making corrections (To the spelling, grammar and sense) noted by staff at [http://www.wheel.ie the Wheel].
 The end result of all that work was a site that reads much better than the Waterways Ireland web site. You don’t need to be an experienced consultation respondent to follow it.
 ===The e-consultation process===

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 =====The collective 'blog'=====
 The active citizenship site, [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation http://wheel.e-consultation.org/wiki/index.php/Consultation], was built as a collective blog. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Weblogs ('blogs' for short)] are usually used as public on-line diaries. A blog was used because both the [http://www.e-consultation.org/ research team] and [http://www.wheel.ie/ Wheel] team agreed to collect, but not discuss, stories through the online forums.
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 EXAMPLE VIEWS GO HERE

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 *The [http://www.qub.ac.uk QUB] systems stored the voice message as a '.wav' file
 *The '.wav' file is e-mailed the file to the research team
-*Recepient system automatically converts the '.wav file' to an '.MP3 file'
+*Recepient system automatically converts the '.wav' file to an '.mp3' file
-*'.MP3 file' is automatically uploaded to the blog
+*'.mp3' file is automatically uploaded to the blog
 The end result allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.

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 =====Recieving submissions from other technologies=====
-Two mobile ‘phones were connected to USB ports on a PC at [http://www.qub.ac.uk Queen’s University Belfast].  One phone had a Northern Ireland number and the other with an Republic of Ireland phone - both countries have different telecommunications systems.  Software on the [http://www.qub.ac.uk QUB] PC picked up text messages sent to the mobile phones and loaded them on to the blog.
+Two mobile phones were connected to USB ports on a PC, which was located at [http://www.qub.ac.uk Queen’s University Belfast].  One phone had a Northern Ireland number and the other a Republic of Ireland phone - both countries have different telecommunications systems.
-People could also telephone a number and leave a message on voice mail.  The [http://www.qub.ac.uk Queen’s University Belfast] voice mail system stored the message as a .wav file and then e-mailed the file to the research team.  Upon reception the .wav file was then automatically converted to an .MP3 file and uploaded to the blog.  This allowed people to click on a link and listen to the message - [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/yourviews/?p=160 Click here for an example]. So even illiterate people could tell their stories.
+People could also telephone a number and leave a message on voice mail.  The process is as follows:
 You can see the different ways participants could share their views: