Ford Foundation: Pathways for Higher Education – Collaborative Book Project

Description:

The project was based on a collaborative writing methodology developed by ESE:O, which coordinated and motivated group processes of planning and writing the resulting publication through the systematization of conversations and interchanges occurring online.

Methodology: 

ESE:O designed and implemented the following methodology for this project:

• Support for the overall planning of the initiative.
• Conceptual design and configuration of the online platform that coordinated activities.
• Auxiliary training and support for participating program officials and academics, focusing on the dynamics and practicalities of working online.
• Design and implementation of motivational face-to-face workshops in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (July 2007) and New York City, USA (October 2007).
• Systematization of the discussion processes on the focus, phases and potential authors of book chapters.