EDN113 Task 3 Facebook Group

The brainstorming document has not proven to be a successful communication tool for a group task. It had been used to get each others contact information, but the group agreed that a better solution was needed. We discussed various options, and weighed up the pro's and con's of each. In the end, it was between Skype and Facebook as the most suitable methods of communication. It was decided that Facebook would be the most effective, as all group members were already signed up, and conversations could be reviewed by members who may have been unavailable at the time.

Facebook did have it downfalls though, which we all soon came to realise. It was not as easy as Skype for maintaining conversations. Each time someone commented or wrote a thread you were required to refresh the page. This became quite annoying and confusing! Fortunately we found a solution to this problem. By setting up a group message, we could converse easily in real time with one another without the need to refresh the page and sort through posts which would not maintain a chronological order.

Friday 26th April: Our first organised group meeting 

I have again been reminded how important regular communication is within the group. It is the key to effective collaboration. I can see now how easy it can become to miss out on decisions, become confused with  what each others contributions are to the task or not understand what it is you are suppose to be doing.

To ensure we maintain regular communication, I put forward to my group that we schedule bi-weekly meetings to discuss ideas and monitor the tasks progress. I thought that members may not agreed to this suggestion or would find excuses for it not to happen but I was wrong... Everyone agreed!  It was decided that we would ALL meet on our Facebook Group on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm (WST)  and on Sunday's at 12:00pm (WST).  Since implementing this schedule, I have been very please at how we have been performing as a group. We have still been able to maintain day to day communication via Facebook messaging and email where required, and the regular group sessions have proven to be very productive.