Target Target Audiences/CustomersAudiences/Customersfor Ensemblefor Ensemblenotes by Lois Delcambre

Target audience: Target audience: owners of curated collectionsowners of curated collectionsWhat they want from Ensemble (?):

◦ more satisfied users of their content◦ more content of reasonable quality◦ (perhaps) users whose need are better met (than

they are currently), e.g., by resources that complement their collection discovered through a broader search

◦ (perhaps) metrics that track when ensemble users visit their site, download or use their content

Note: if they end up with more users (who only pass through ensemble once, to first find the collection) they might be very happy – and we should be too.

Target audience:Target audience:Users of existing collectionsUsers of existing collectionsWhat they want from ensemble (?):

◦ (perhaps) nothing◦ (perhaps) the ability to comment, rate, tag

resources in the collection ◦ (perhaps) the ability to issue broader

searches beyond the collection◦ (perhaps) the ability to have their

interaction tracked – in order to have rewards

◦ (perhaps) cool tools (e.g., VKB or Walden’s paths)

◦ (perhaps) social navigation

Target audience:Target audience:Contributors to collectionsContributors to collectionsWhat they want from Ensemble? (perhaps) recognition for their contribution

(through tracking/logging, badges, awards) (perhaps) broad use of their contribution (perhaps) discussion related to their

contribution (perhaps) easy access to other collections?

Target Audience: Community Target Audience: Community members (who members (who comment/rate/tag/discuss)comment/rate/tag/discuss)What they want from Ensemble (?):An active community of (interesting) peers

that comment and discuss topics of interestEasy to use tools/mechanisms to comment,

discuss, rate, tag (perhaps) metrics, badges, etc. that describe

their contributions and activities (perhaps) the ability to search for other

comments (perhaps) easy or seamless commenting,

rating, tagging in the collection as well as in the broader context of ensemble

Target Audience: Target Audience: University Faculty MembersUniversity Faculty MembersWhat they want from ensemble (?): to find educational resources to use in their

class such as:◦ (small size) examples, individual test or assignment

questions, diagrams◦ (medium size) lectures, tests, assignments,

simulations, visualizations, ?◦ (large size) a syllabus and all related materials

including a set of lectures for a class, the set of reading assignments, the set of assignments, …

comments/discussion about strategies, books? easy access to a place to contribute resources?

Target Audience:Target Audience:High school (K-8?) Teachers?High school (K-8?) Teachers?What they want from Ensemble

(?):

Target Audience:Target Audience:StudentsStudentsUniversity students?High school students?Independent learners?

What do they want from Ensemble (?):learning objects (just like professors)?discussion forum (on topical material)????

Target Audience:Target Audience:Group convenersGroup convenersWorking groups (e.g., from SIGCSE) with some or

all content publicWorking groups (e.g., from the ACM Education

Board) with perhaps some or all of their content private

Special interest groups – to discuss approaches to CS1 or compilers, or the database class …

What do they want from Ensemble (?):Nothing – Google docs is just fineensemble docs – (full featured but not from

Google)a web site – with their html content – hostedan interactive web site (with content types,

comments, rating, tags, …)