Evaluation
Evaluation will take place in three phases, following the natural workflow of the project. These include:
1. Input and evaluation of the initial survey report based on data gathering
2. Input and evaluation of preliminary experimental design
3. Input and evaluation of results of experimental practice
The input and evaluation will be gathered from a variety of sources including research fellows at ACC as well as outside entities. In addition, academic partners will be solicited for comment, both from inside the OpenContent community as well as other schools.
Many of the same tools used for the experiments will be used in the evaluation phase. By their nature, social software tools gather comments, so they are somewhat unique in that the vehicle for collaboration also provides evaluation mechanisms. These will be exploited as appropriate. In addition publications will be public (again, as appropriate) and available for viewing, comment, and supplementation by the community