[math4] Introduction of MIT graduate team working with Sugar Labs

[Julie Lein]

Hi Karsten,

Thanks for the question!  The major objective of our team is to assess how
to increase awareness of Sugar Labs and Sugar.  To that end, we first
conducted qualitative interviews with developers, teachers, and other
supporters of Sugar.  We also did parallel secondary research of other
technology providers in the education space, as well as open source
organizations.  The survey was developed as a result of our preliminary
research to gauge the perceptions of those involved with Sugar.  The goal is
to quantify many of the questions and observations raised during the
qualitative interviews, again with the goal of bolstering awareness of Sugar
in the global community.

If you have any other questions, please do let me know.  To give a little
more about my background, I formerly worked as a pollster, so I also have a
background in survey design and methodology.

Best,
Julie
(j2ulie at mit.edu)

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 08:43:48PM -0500, Julie Lein wrote:
> > Dear Sugar Community,
> >
> > We are MBA candidates at MIT working with Sugar Labs to help generate
> > awareness for the organization as an independent, open-source educational
> > innovator for children. To do this, we would love your input!
> >
> > We will be sending out a brief survey to assess how Sugar and Sugar Labs
> are
> > perceived by those who know them best. We would be very grateful if you
> > would take a few moments of your time to share your perspectives with us.
> > We will use your input to generate strategic recommendations for how
> Sugar
> > Labs can increase its reach throughout the global community.
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I started to take your survey and I had some curiosity as to how it
> came about.  That is, I wonder if you could tell us a bit about the
> methodology behind the question set.
>
> Not being experienced at academics and surveys, I'm not sure what the
> considerations are from that direction about raising the curtain on
> the methodology behind a survey.  I was just thinking about how we
> could apply the principles of the open source way, such as radical
> transparency[1], to this process.  How much of this process *can* be
> opened and shared?
>
> Thanks - Karsten
>
> [1] From "The Open Source Way":
>
>    http://bit.ly/TOSWOpenDiscussions
>
> --
> name:  Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener
> team:                Red Hat Community Architecture
> uri:               http://TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki
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