An OU student would like you to rate this website - the OU’s community website, Platform – as part of her Masters. But she needs you to do it quickly!
She said: “Catastrophic data collection disasters mean my MSc is in jeopardy! A number of communities have already kindly supported the study into but I'm short on data and need your help to ensure findings are robust.
“I've specifically chosen Platform for the study because the community and site appears to exhibit a number of interesting traits of successful communities as emerging from the study so far. Platform also has some clear differences from other communities in the study and I am rather hoping that some helpful implicit factors will become apparent that are unique to the OU users and the way they perceive and use Platform.”
She added: “To produce solid and accurate data as a base for revealing the star qualities underlying a successful online community, I need you to share your views – from your experience of your community in a questionnaire. Every response is valuable.
“Once you’ve completed the questionnaire, you could forward the questionnaire link to fellow community members who might also be interested – and that would be of more help to the study.”
Shelley is working to a tight deadline with penultimate submission on Monday 9 January and final submission in early February. You can read her plea for help in the forums here.
To help Shelley with her study you can ‘rate Platform’ by completing this short survey.
For full details about the study please visit Shelley's website.
