Enhancing consensus-building through technology

Department or Administrative Unit

Law and Justice

Document Type

Article

Author Copyright

Copyright 2005 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc.

Publication Date

6-2005

Journal

Academic Exchange Quarterly

Abstract

The authors led two teams who developed Georgia high school standards and curricula for Law Enforcement in 2003 and for Private Security and Protective Services in 2004. Although both projects were similar, the methods used were different. This paper compares two methods of conducting focus group meetings with stakeholders, a low-tech "Post-it" notes method used during 2003 and the use of Smartboard technology to help facilitate the process in 2004. While both methods yielded positive results, the Smartboard technology elicited more interaction between group participants.

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This article was originally published in Academic Exchange Quarterly.

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