Course: The Land Use Project

Expert Interview research the hypothesis, complete the hypothesis and do peer review

Developing Questions for the Video Conference with land use experts

- Review the Evaluation of Land Use Options; Generic Questions and review the items, make sure that they are understood.
- Review the five (or fewer) hypotheses that the class has agreed are the best for improving the quality of life in your community.
- Discuss the five ideas and the possible negative and positive impacts that each of the five may have on your community.
- Divide into the number of teams for which there are hypothesis.
- Each team takes a hypothesis.
- Select a Facilitator and a Recorder.
- Review Evaluation of Land Use Options; Generic Questions and the hypotheses to develop questions that you would want to ask land-use experts. For example, if one of your ideas is to build a new building, what should you consider when building it? How will the new building affect the view or atmosphere of where your want to build it?
- Vote to select the three most important questions.
- After selecting the questions share them with the rest of the class and if there are duplicates, delete them.
- Three days prior to the videoconference post your questions on the Post Interview Questions discussion board.

As a class, identify those who will be Questioners and those who will be Recorders at least one day prior to the Expert Interview.

At the Expert Interview Video conference

- The Questioners have initial questions to ask the Experts,
  - If a question that is the same as one of your classes has been asked and answered, the Questioner should not ask the question.
- As the Questioners ask the questions they should be forming secondary or follow-up questions.
- The Recorders should be taking notes as the questions from all the classes are being asked and answered.

The Recorders will post their notes on the Expert Interview Wiki.

The purpose of this Forum is to post the questions you will be asking the experts. Please post them a couple of days prior to the interview.

Use the wiki to post your notes from the expert interview so that others can review them.

Reporting and narrowing the list of hypotheses

- After the conversation with the experts the Recorders will report what they heard to the class.
- After reviewing the notes from the conversations, including those on the discussion, narrow the number of possible quality of life solutions to one.
- Use the same “dot voting process” to narrow the number of quality of life solutions

Complete the research and begin a draft of the solution. As a class, develop an outline of the solution.

Post Draft Outline of Policy Proposal, Action Plan and Presentation

- Complete a draft outline of the solution.

The outline should include a draft of your solution, policy proposal and your action plan. Consider the Research Rubric as you put together your outline.
- Post the result of your draft solution on the discussion board for a peer review.

Download and review the solutions posted by other students and use the Research Rubric as a guide to review and comment on the postings.
- Expert review and re post the reviewed research results with your comments.

- Review the comments from the experts and respond to the issues raised. Begin working on your presentation, you will need:

- A written description of your proposal including the solution, policy change and action plan.
- A computer slide (PowerPoint) presentation summarizing key points of the proposal.
- Any data that support your solution and action plan.

- As a class review the outline of the solution. Complete the project by dividing into teams. There should be a team that will be working on the policy and action plan, one on the slide presentation and another putting together the Class Portfolio. To see what the teams need to do click on the team you are on:

Policy
Action Plan
Data collection and development
Computer slide presentation (PowerPoint)

All of the teams will work from the same outline.

- Develop presentations using the guidelines provided. Share the draft computer presentation and seek input.

Use this Forum to post your outline of the DRAFT proposal. The experts will review and comment.