 eTutor Brainstorming
eTutor supports interactive brainstorming and consensus building over a
network. Participants from a few people to a thousand can contribute
ideas, consolidate thoughts, and vote on the resulting contributions.
Each participant can
contribute individual ideas on electronic post-it notes that are displayed on a
shared workspace for everyone in the session. These notes can be arranged,
consolidated, and deleted until everyone is satisfied with the result.
Facilitators can use the round-robin feature of eTutor to go around the
"room" one by one soliciting input, allow participants to contribute
at will, or use the raise hand feature for selection. As each participant is
selected, their microphone is opened so they may discuss their contribution
while it is added to the workspace.
Voting and Ranking
Once the ideas have been collected and reviewed, the eTutor Facilitator can
start the voting process, giving each participant a selected number of votes
with which to rank the cards. The results are tallied and ranked by the
highest number of votes or by a point ranking based on the number of votes and
how many times they were picked first, second, third, etc. The results of
the brainstorming session are stored in the CADE database for future reporting
and analysis.
Brainstorming and Break-Out Sessions
By combining Brainstorming capability with Break-Out Sessions, eTutor
provides participants with the ability to divide into any number of groups and
brainstorm different aspects of a selected topic. When the groups are
finished, they can return to the main group and share their results.
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