{"id":45,"date":"2020-06-23T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2020-12-04T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:20:53","slug":"conclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Welcome to THE CONCLUSION OF OWT.326 !<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">We&#8217;ve made it! Congratulations to everyone for sticking to the end. I know engaging with online content can be a lot more taxing than &#8216;traditional&#8217; forms of delivery, and I hope that what you do take away from this module will stay with you for a long time!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The purpose of this concluding week is to take stock of what we&#8217;ve learned, assess what we need to improve on and get you ready for the essay due in January. We&#8217;ll do all of these with the following tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Complete, as early in the week as possible, a quick activity on this Mural (30 min)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Self-assess your areas for improvement based on existing feedback (1h), then meet up with your group to share ways to improve (1h)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Watch this video going over important assessment guidelines! (1h)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Finally make sure to complete the module evaluation form! (30 min)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Let\u2019s go!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><a id=\"a1\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">First, add your tile on <a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/url\/view.php?id=1457121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this final Mural<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This Mural is shared with all OWT.326 members. In it, you&#8217;re invited to share the most memorable fact, idea, example, etc. you take away from this module.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Please do this as early as possible in the week ! You&#8217;ll be invited to go back to the Mural at the end of the week for further reflexions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"a2\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Then, reflect on your past essay writing performances<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Go back on Moodle <a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/workshop\/index.php?id=31042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the peer-assessment area<\/a> and collect all the feedback you&#8217;ve received in one document.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">On Moodle still, go to your past module spaces and look for feedback you received for past essays &#8211; copy this in the same document.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Organise the feedback in strengths and weaknesses &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=1416803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try to map them on the feedback grid for OWT.326 assignment<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">During your last group meeting on Teams, discuss with your group mates strategies and resources to move from one area where you&#8217;d see yourself as &#8216;poor&#8217; or &#8216;good&#8217; into an &#8216;excellent&#8217; one (see more in t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/conclusion\/week-10-group-meeting-conclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he Week 10 group meeting details here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"a3\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large\">Then watch this recorded video going over important assessment guidelines<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=bd51daff-6819-4e8f-8499-ac8000e8b1e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Essay info<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Note down questions you still have about the assignment and post them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/channel\/19%3a75dfb39bbd7440fe841fb40427932cc1%40thread.tacv2\/Final%2520assignment%2520FAQ?groupId=6c804bf1-63a9-4ff0-a493-bfb0034e1bde&amp;tenantId=9c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dedicated Teams channel<\/a>. I&#8217;ll answer them as fast as I can :).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: large\">Finally, make sure you complete the module evaluation survey accessible on your student portal!\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Just as you require feedback to progress on your learning, so do I ! It&#8217;s important that I know exactly what worked and what didn&#8217;t for you this term, given how much of it was new! Please take the time to fill the survey, it&#8217;s anonymous and will be of tremendous help :).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: large\">&#8230; And finally, some concluding remarks!\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">You will continue to have access to this module and moodle throughout the year, if you want to go back on specific content. As a reminder, all resources are also kept in the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=31042#section-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">content backup<\/a>&#8216; space on Moodle for easy access. I&#8217;ve also created <a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?pid=37eadcfb-f4a2-4491-9885-ac4a00dedfd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a playlist of all videos here on Panopto<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The teams space will also still be there, so if you continue to find case studies, example, or even just &#8216;shower thoughts&#8217;, you can still share them in the class discussion area when the module is over!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">As some of you have already mentioned to me, you may well find that you now can&#8217;t stop noticing in discussions, in the media (and on social media), and at work, issues we&#8217;ve approached in this module. Just this morning I wrote to Lancaster University&#8217;s information governance and data protection officer to seek information on whether the University will switch &#8216;off&#8217; the new analytical tools developed by Microsoft 365 (cf <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/message\/19:d5e6026e56e047faacf35e88fb76331f@thread.tacv2\/1606258557980?tenantId=9c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a&amp;groupId=6c804bf1-63a9-4ff0-a493-bfb0034e1bde&amp;parentMessageId=1606258557980&amp;teamName=Grp-OWT.326&amp;channelName=Class%20discussion&amp;createdTime=1606258557980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the twitter thread I shared on Teams<\/a>, and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/nov\/26\/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this article in the Guardian<\/a>). A couple of hours later, I was receiving emails from colleagues voicing their concerns about the very same thing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Those that would accuse critics of unregulated technological change of ludditism are dismissing valid concerns about the evolution of technology and its uses in and out of the workplace. These are grounded in genuine ethical concerns about privacy and agency. As we&#8217;ve explored, resisting starts with digital literacy &#8211; an understanding of what these artefacts are and what they do. In the case of Microsoft 365 analytics, it is important to note that these changes are pushed by the tech giant itself as something &#8216;available&#8217; to companies already subscribed to their services&#8230; so when you move on, after graduating, into the workforce and find yourself managing people, engaging with tech related projects, questioning how to improve teamwork, etc. I hope you take with you the ideas you&#8217;ve learned in this module and ask the questions we&#8217;ve been working on all term: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Who is excluded when this technology is implemented? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Where is agency located? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What does it produce?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It&#8217;s been a joy to watch you engage with the module content, on Teams, on Mural, in the short essays and in seminars. I know many of you will have found the online delivery of the module challenging. I hope that you&#8217;ve received the assistance you needed when you requested it! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">I look forward to reading all your essays in January and wish you all a great continuation in your studies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">All the best,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Chlo\u00e9. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to THE CONCLUSION OF OWT.326 ! We&#8217;ve made it! Congratulations to everyone for sticking to the end. 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