Summary of Activities
This week,
we decided how we were going to approach the video progress report, by sharing
our thoughts and structuring the video content in our google doc, and we
recorded individually the different parts of it. Then, we assembled all the
parts together, and one of our team members, in view of its experience in video
editing and its role as “Coordinator” for this deliverable, edited the video.
Therefore, we successfully submitted our video progress report, and are now
waiting to receive some feedback from the GIM coordinators.
Reflections
On one
hand, this has been a positive experience since it allowed us to gather
together once more, with the objective to create a video…remotely! Using this
tool was also interesting since we got more familiar with the recording and
editing processes. In addition to that, day after day, we get to know each
other better, which lead us to adapt and find the best way to work together.
On the
other hand, the video progress report also involved some challenges. Indeed, we
had to use a new format for this deliverable, far from the traditional powerpoint
presentations from our Business Schools. Another challenge was the editing
process, which required time but we hope to have met the coordinator’s
expectations. Finally, the submission of the video also had its difficulties
due to its large size. It required the downloading and understanding of several
softwares to be able to resize the video, send it to the coordinators and
upload it on the Moodle.
Apart from
these challenges, we are still quite confused about which team members will
participate in the project and to what extent they will collaborate. However,
we should receive updates on this regard very soon from the project
coordinators.
Next steps
From now
on, we will focus on the report itself since the next deliverable (i.e. final
presentation) is due at the end of April. We planned a skype session in the
next few days to work on the outline of the project. We will also start
searching more extensively for external information and conduct interviews in
our respective cities.
Despite the confusion over team composition and responsibilities, I feel like we managed to coordinate well enough to deliver a high-quality video. This is especially good considering our lack of experience in the medium, as Laurianne pointed out. We're definitely looking forward to clarifying our roles in the project going forward. This will be especially important as we move into the main phase of the work. It will be critical in the next couple of weeks to stay in contact as we begin to reach out to representatives at GSK and begin our real research.
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