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====week of 06/08/2009====
* task: Clean-up the wiki and convert much of the bulleted text to narrative.
** deadline: 06/10/2009
** status: in progress (06/04/2009)
* task: Create Annotated Bibliography that illustrates what sources we have already used and which we still need to read and add to the wiki
** deadline: subordinate to above task
** status: not started
====week of 05/11/2009====
====week of 05/11/2009====
* task: Compose Educational Materials section of [[Report May 2009]].
* task: Compose Educational Materials section of [[Report May 2009]].
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** status: completed (05/15/2009), although still editing
** status: completed (05/15/2009), although still editing


* task: Clean-up the wiki and start converting bulleted text to narrative.
* task: Start to clean-up the wiki and convert bulleted text to narrative.
** deadline: ongoing
** deadline: ongoing
** status: in progress, updated [[ICP wiki site map]] and created [[History of US Textbook Publishing]] (05/09/2009)
** status: completed (in part), updated [[ICP wiki site map]] and created [[History of US Textbook Publishing]] (05/09/2009)
 
* task: Create Annotated Bibliography that illustrates what sources we have already used and which we still need to read and add to the wiki
** deadline: after Reports are completed
** status: not started (05/12/2009)


* task: Add Ahrash interview notes to wiki
* task: Add Ahrash interview notes to wiki
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* task: Elaborate on the [[Educational Materials#Field Definition]] using the learning objects literature from David Wiley.
* task: Elaborate on the [[Educational Materials#Field Definition]] using the learning objects literature from David Wiley.
** deadline: ASAP
** deadline: ASAP
** status: not started (04/24/2009)
** status: deprioritized (04/24/2009)


* task: Read [http://ssrn.com/abstract=923465 The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age] and [http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases] and add relevant info to the wiki.
* task: Read [http://ssrn.com/abstract=923465 The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age] and [http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases] and add relevant info to the wiki.

Revision as of 19:06, 4 June 2009

week of 06/08/2009

  • task: Clean-up the wiki and convert much of the bulleted text to narrative.
    • deadline: 06/10/2009
    • status: in progress (06/04/2009)
  • task: Create Annotated Bibliography that illustrates what sources we have already used and which we still need to read and add to the wiki
    • deadline: subordinate to above task
    • status: not started

week of 05/11/2009

  • task: Write 3-5 page executive summary of EM Research to this point, giving brief summary of the EM industry, our findings, and the quadrant mappings.
    • deadline: 05/11/2009
    • status: completed (05/15/2009), although still editing
  • supplemental reading: Cohen, W.M., Nelson, R.R. & Walsh, J.P., 2000. 'Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not)'. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 7552. Available at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w7552 [Accessed May 12, 2009].
    • status: downloaded pdf (05/12/09)

week of 05/04/2009

week of 04/27/2009

week of 04/20/2009

  • task: Contact Anita Elberse (see Contacts for EM#Contacted).
    • deadline: ASAP
    • status: completed (04/21/2009), awaiting response to follow-up e-mail (04/29/2009)
  • task: Find copy of Wallis, J. C., Milojevic, S. Borgman, C. L. & Sandoval, W. A. (2006) The special case of scientific data sharing with education, American Society for Information Science & Technology, Austin, TX, Information Today.
    • deadline: ASAP
    • status: completed (04/20/2009)

week of 04/13/2009

  • task: Locate and examine four specific HBS Case Studies by Lee Fleming: "Textbooks Online (A)", "Textbooks Online (A), (B), (C), and (D) TN", "Textbooks Online (B): TBO-- First Day of Orders", and "Textbooks Online (C)."
    • deadline: 04/17/09
    • status: waiting to hear back from Prof. Fleming's assistant (04/16/09)
  • task: See if anything interesting at http://www.academicleadership.org/
    • deadline: 04/15/09
    • status: completed (04/10/09), waiting for follow-up on selected relevant articles
  • supplemental reading: Whyte, W.F. & Whyte, K.K., 1984. 'Interviewing Strategy and Tactics'. In Learning from the Field: A Guide from Experience. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications, pp. 97-112.
    • status: completed (04/25/09)
  • supplemental reading: Carol's summary of first two chapters of Neil Fligstein's The Architecture of Markets.
    • status: completed (05/04/09)

week of 04/06/2009

  • task: Find market information (money they make and lines of products they have related to educational materials) for the companies: Pearson, Thomson, McGraw Hill, Wiley, Houghton Mifflin, St. Martin's/Von Holtzbrinck.

week of 03/30/2009

week of 03/23/2009

  • task: Prepare for/participate in conference call/interview with Jonathan Emmonds of Connexions at 10am on Wednesday, 03/25/2009
  • task: Unify resources under the EM section in the wiki (including Links on EM)
    • deadline: Friday, 03/27/2009
    • status: in progress (03/29)
  • supplemental reading: Cowan, R. & Harison, E., 2001. Intellectual property rights in a knowledge-based economy, Maastricht: MERIT - Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. Available at: http://ideas.repec.org/p/dgr/umamer/2001026.html [Accessed March 24, 2009].
    • status: completed (04/06)

week of 03/16/2009

  • task: Attend Cooperation Research Group meeting on Monday, March 16 and report on status of other projects
    • deadline: Monday, 03/16/2009
    • status: completed (03/17)
  • task: Define research schedule for the next couple weeks, with specific attention to commitments to work on-site at Berkman Squared
    • deadline: Wednesday, 03/18/2009 (or ASAP)
    • status: completed (03/17)

week of 03/09/2009

  • task: Maintain EM section of ICP wiki site map
    • deadline: ASAP / this will be an ongoing task
    • status: completed (03/16)
  • task: Attend Cooperation Research Group meeting on Monday, March 9 and report on status of other projects
    • deadline: Monday, 03/09/2009
    • status: completed (03/09)
  • task: Document and Expand on initial bibliography for EM field study on appropriate page (see Educational Materials#Bibliography addressing research outline)--submit them to Carol and decide with her which ones are relevant and need to be summarized in AcaWiki.org--this task should develop in tandem with task of answering questions in the Study of the field
    • deadline: Friday, 03/13/2009 (initial sources) / this will be an ongoing task
    • status: completed (03/19)

week of 03/02/2009

  • task: Complete personal page on the wiki with contact information and this list of tasks
    • deadline: Monday, 03/02/2009 (Carol suggestion: check Brendan and Andrew personal page and follow same structure)
    • status: completed (03/02)
  • task: Look at peer production website list and identify any as relevant Educational Materials Cases (Educational Materials#Cases of Study) to go deeper on--list cases, write link and a paragraph--submit them to Carol and decide with her which ones will be valuable as later Cases of Study
    • deadline: Friday, 03/06/2009 (share work with Adam)
    • status: in progress (03/16)
  • task: Develop draft EM Industry Outputs Matrix similar to Genomics and Proteomics matrices in Carol's presentation from Cooperation Research Group
    • deadline: Sunday, 03/08/2009
    • status: decided on a different course of action (04/17)
  • supplemental reading: IPR course materials from Carolina
    • status: completed (03/16)
  • supplemental reading: Holdren, John P. 2008. "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being". Science, 319:424-434.
    • status: completed (03/19)

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