North South Exchange Consortium - Revision history

Jjh at 15:25, 21 September 2007

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Jjh: North-South Educational Exchange moved to North South Exchange Consortium: Incorrect name was used initially.

2007-09-21T15:20:44Z

North-South Educational Exchange moved to North South Exchange Consortium: Incorrect name was used initially.

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2007-04-27T08:50:43Z

‎Conclusion

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‎Conclusion

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‎Future work programme

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‎Future work programme

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 *Organisations involved in educational exchanges
 *Young people
-[http://www.nsec.info NSEC] also recieved technical help from the [http://www.e-consultation.org research team] to deliver online questionnaires and other systems for managing large quantities of data from consultations.
+[http://www.nsec.info NSEC] also received technical help from the [http://www.e-consultation.org research team] to deliver online questionnaires and other systems for managing large quantities of data from consultations.
 ==[[Participant Experiences]]==
 types of participant were identified for the purposes of running the e-consultation trial.  These groups ranged from Funding Agencies, individuals such as teachers, to Youth Groups.
-Appreciating the complexity of e-consultation (especially in a constantly changing political environment) [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] adopted a multi-stranded plan.  Such a plan meant that, each target group involved had to be researched in realtion to their experiences with the technology and the best way in which they could be accessed.
+Appreciating the complexity of e-consultation (especially in a constantly changing political environment) [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] adopted a multi-stranded plan.  Such a plan meant that, each target group involved had to be researched in relation to their experiences with the technology and the best way in which they could be accessed.
 Regardless, unforeseen technical issues meant that access became a problem, especially for schools and their students.  [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] changed the technology, which permitted the consultation web sites to be accessed by all.

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 # Technological, personnel and financial resources. You cannot fully automate a consultation - people still need to manage and run it.
 # As has been identified in other trials ([[Waterways Ireland]] and [[The Wheel]]), the technology proved easier than anticipated but the process more complex than expected.
-# The complexity of the consultation domain, measn there was a need for extensive pre-consultation research.
+# The complexity of the consultation domain means there was a need for extensive pre-consultation research.
 # Technical issues arose due to the increasing levels of nuisance e-mails and spam, which negatively affected web site usage.

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 ==[[NSEC Conclusion|Conclusion]]==
 The initial trial with the [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] clearly identified some issues:
-# Key issues were technological, personnel and financial resources. You cannot fully automate a consultation, people still need to manage and run it.
+# Technological, personnel and financial resources. You cannot fully automate a consultation - people still need to manage and run it.
 # As has been identified in other trials ([[Waterways Ireland]] and [[The Wheel]]), the technology proved easier than anticipated but the process more complex than expected.
 # The complexity of the consultation domain, measn there was a need for extensive pre-consultation research.
 # Technical issues arose due to the increasing levels of nuisance e-mails and spam, which negatively affected web site usage.

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 #The [http://www.e-consultation.org (research team-designed)] consultation web sites will be transferred to the [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] site in July 2006.
 #The e-consultation exercise, involving school children and young people who have participated in exchange programmes, is to be initiated in September 2006.
-#E-enable focus groups are to be initiated in Jan 2007.
+#E-enable focus groups are to be initiated in January 2007.
 ==[[NSEC Conclusion|Conclusion]]==

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 #The [http://www.e-consultation.org e-consultation research team] are to brief the new [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] team members in July 2006.
 #The [http://www.e-consultation.org (research team-designed)] consultation web sites will be transferred to the [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] site in July 2006.
-#The e-consultation exercise, involving school children and young people who have participated in exchange programmes, is to be initiated in Sept. 2006.
+#The e-consultation exercise, involving school children and young people who have participated in exchange programmes, is to be initiated in September 2006.
 #E-enable focus groups are to be initiated in Jan 2007.

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 As a result in the latter stages of the e-consultation project a future work programme was agreed, as follows:
 #The [http://www.e-consultation.org e-consultation research team] are to brief the new [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] team members in July 2006.
-#The web sites will be transferred to the [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] site in July 2006.
+#The [http://www.e-consultation.org e-consultation research team-designed] web sites will be transferred to the [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] site in July 2006.
 #The e-consultation exercise involving school children and young people who have participated in exchange programmes is to be initiated in Sept. 2006.
 #E-enable focus groups are to be initiated in Jan 2007.

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 ==[[NSEC Learning Outcomes|Learning Outcomes]]==
-The progress of the trials was affected by:
+Reflecting on the consultation, it is evident that progress was affected by:
 #[[NSEC Learning Outcomes#1. Resources|Resource issues]]:  recruitment to the trials and focus groups were not fully anticipated at the outset of the trials.
 #[[NSEC Learning Outcomes#2. Political considerations|Political considerations]]: With the Northern Ireland political processes frozen, activity from [http://www.nsec.info NSEC] might have been seen to be inappropriately creating a new north-south body with no [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/ Northern Ireland Assembly] to report to