Peer Evaluation Report
Peer Evaluator	JeromeWillis
Investigator	JeromeWillis
Lab	ActorsActionLab
Course	InteractionDesign?
Date	30 Oct 2008

Note: Not all of these sections will apply to every lab/assignment that you evaluate.

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>>> Note: For exercise, I'm evaluating myself here, using the new Peer Eval template !

Preparation

• What did the investigator do to prepare for the lab?

Jerry's preparation appears to be processing of the Dervin tables to include them in the report. He reports that he did not do an investigation by interviewing users or internet search of the topic.

• See if you can come up with at least one specific suggestion to help them improve their preparation in the future.

Identifying some users, or at least some reports regarding the user community would produce a better lab result.

• How about something that they did particularly well, and/or something you might not have thought about?

The use of in-line remarks, within the tables at the same time gives some better understanding of his process in developing the report, but is a little choppy and disconnected.

Narrative & Method

• Carefully review the investigator's narrative. Can you find any steps they might explain more clearly?

Jerry's report is in three pieces. There is a short text which very briefly states what he did and two tables, developed from the Dervin tables. These are not well tied together. It would be better if the narrative part were a little more complete and that the tables were clearly tied to the narrative by links both ways. There may be a better way to place the tables for clearer linkage.

• Any steps they might have missed or errors they might have made?

It would have been a better lab if Jerry had found users to question.

Presentation

• Was there any of writing that you found particularly effective?

The commentary, included inline, within the tables, helps to understand Jerry's process, but it's a little disconnected and could be supplemented by a better 'up front' narrative of thoughts, problems, and actions.

• If the investigator used charts, tables, and graphs to present their results, what one thing could the investigator do to make them more effective? What did you like best about them, and why?

[I'm reviewing myself here--and I don't know what to say about this one !!!]

Exploratory skills

• Answers to reflective questions are supposed to help investigators integrate new knowledge gained in the lab, and link it to their existing knowledge. Give the investigator some feedback on how well they are doing so far, as well as some suggestions on how to improve.

Developing a working collaborative arrangement could provide more ideas on how to proceed on something like this.