Collaboration

Working as a group of practitioners for the collaborative section of the responsive module has been challenging. As a group we decided on a brief that was well outside my comfort zone and practice. I did not think that the process itself would be particularly useful to my practice but working as part of a group would help me develop skills that would. As a group we have kept in communication regularly throughout the project but mostly through online messenger apps, the problem with this is it causes delays, if you are waiting for a group decision to be made it can take a long time to reach a consensus slowing down the work rate. The main problem with communicating online is that it is not instant, it is not easy to bounce ideas off each other and brainstorm naturally, communication and then though processes and ideas become disjointed.

getting feedback from the group was difficult as well, I think we all lacked the confidence to be critical and provide constructive feedback. Feedback was generally encouraging which is nice and could be useful in certain circumstances but does not help us reflect on our work and evaluate its successes and failings. I think this module has taught me the pro's and con's of methods of communication and the importance of polite but critical feedback. I will be working with other practitioners as well as authors and publishers in the future and will need to be able to react well critical feedback and be able to clearly communicate my own ideas and opinions.