Yes! We shared earlier drafts of this handbook with a number of potential users (especially uni group organizers) and the handbook is now being piloted in an EAVP cohort, which is sending in-depth feedback.
The following is mostly my initial reactions and concerns, but I don’t have enough context or have spent enough time on the syllabus to know if these risks are big.
I don’t thing this is necessarily an actual concern, but reading your first sentence I woud be a bit worried about oversampling from group organizers vs. group members because organizers are likely to be biased and nonrepresentative (I think this could be bad even if your target audience is potential future organizers).
That being said, I’m glad you’re piloting with a cohort of actual users. Do you know the size of the EAVP cohort and how they were selected?
I’d also be curious about how focus on uni groups in general could affect the overall content as opposed to an older group. One potential risk (based on my skim of the syllabus, I don’t think it’s a big risk, but wanted to flag) is that the content is in some ways offputting or less useful. This seems important since the branding is “EA Handbook” rather than “EA Students Handbook” or something similar.
Thanks Vaidehi! I appreciate the concern about over-optimizing for organizer (and especially student) organizer experience. We’re hoping to get feedback from many folks and integrate accordingly. The EAVP cohort is small and it was selected based on facilitator capacity—it isn’t meant to be purely representative or the last time we’ll get feedback from those types of users.
Have you tested this handbook with potential users yet?
Yes! We shared earlier drafts of this handbook with a number of potential users (especially uni group organizers) and the handbook is now being piloted in an EAVP cohort, which is sending in-depth feedback.
Thanks!
The following is mostly my initial reactions and concerns, but I don’t have enough context or have spent enough time on the syllabus to know if these risks are big.
I don’t thing this is necessarily an actual concern, but reading your first sentence I woud be a bit worried about oversampling from group organizers vs. group members because organizers are likely to be biased and nonrepresentative (I think this could be bad even if your target audience is potential future organizers).
That being said, I’m glad you’re piloting with a cohort of actual users. Do you know the size of the EAVP cohort and how they were selected?
I’d also be curious about how focus on uni groups in general could affect the overall content as opposed to an older group. One potential risk (based on my skim of the syllabus, I don’t think it’s a big risk, but wanted to flag) is that the content is in some ways offputting or less useful. This seems important since the branding is “EA Handbook” rather than “EA Students Handbook” or something similar.
Thanks Vaidehi! I appreciate the concern about over-optimizing for organizer (and especially student) organizer experience. We’re hoping to get feedback from many folks and integrate accordingly. The EAVP cohort is small and it was selected based on facilitator capacity—it isn’t meant to be purely representative or the last time we’ll get feedback from those types of users.