Comments on: Conference deadline extension statistics http://openeducationresearch.org/2009/07/conference-deadline-extension-statistics/ Research in open education and education research in the open. Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Turadg Aleahmad http://openeducationresearch.org/2009/07/conference-deadline-extension-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 Turadg Aleahmad Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:33:26 +0000 http://openeducationresearch.org/?p=44#comment-2856 Please do add any conferences where the deadline was not extended!<br><br>Funny analogy to taxes, but I don't think it's applicable. A more apt analogy would be buying some product for $100 and then finding out that it was reduced to $90 right after you bought it. To make a deadline, because I am a (reforming) procrastinator, I often have to make sacrifices. When I do and then meet the deadline, I am chagrined to learn that I didn't have to make that sacrifice. If I had waited, the cost would be lower.<br><br>I'm about to add the CHI 2010 conference since it was delayed this year. Each hour they stretched it back one more, until 4 or 5 hours after the original deadline. That is nice of them, but it also sets an expectation, which is a slippery slope. Some friends argued that they have to do that since the system gets overloaded at the deadline time. A more fair solution to that, in my opinion, would be to randomly assign different deadlines to different submitters. E.g. same date but different hour deadlines. My friends pointed out though that would lessen then camaraderie and compulsion to join together for a pint after. Please do add any conferences where the deadline was not extended!

Funny analogy to taxes, but I don't think it's applicable. A more apt analogy would be buying some product for $100 and then finding out that it was reduced to $90 right after you bought it. To make a deadline, because I am a (reforming) procrastinator, I often have to make sacrifices. When I do and then meet the deadline, I am chagrined to learn that I didn't have to make that sacrifice. If I had waited, the cost would be lower.

I'm about to add the CHI 2010 conference since it was delayed this year. Each hour they stretched it back one more, until 4 or 5 hours after the original deadline. That is nice of them, but it also sets an expectation, which is a slippery slope. Some friends argued that they have to do that since the system gets overloaded at the deadline time. A more fair solution to that, in my opinion, would be to randomly assign different deadlines to different submitters. E.g. same date but different hour deadlines. My friends pointed out though that would lessen then camaraderie and compulsion to join together for a pint after.

]]> By: Turadg Aleahmad http://openeducationresearch.org/2009/07/conference-deadline-extension-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Turadg Aleahmad Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:33:26 +0000 http://openeducationresearch.org/?p=44#comment-2824 Please do add any conferences where the deadline was not extended!<br><br>Funny analogy to taxes, but I don't think it's applicable. A more apt analogy would be buying some product for $100 and then finding out that it was reduced to $90 right after you bought it. To make a deadline, because I am a (reforming) procrastinator, I often have to make sacrifices. When I do and then meet the deadline, I am chagrined to learn that I didn't have to make that sacrifice. If I had waited, the cost would be lower.<br><br>I'm about to add the CHI 2010 conference since it was delayed this year. Each our they stretched it back one more, until 4 or 5 hours after the original deadline. That is nice of them, but it also sets an expectation, which is a slippery slope. Some friends argued that they have to do that since the system gets overloaded at the deadline time. A more fair solution to that, in my opinion, would be to randomly assign different deadlines to different submitters. E.g. same date but different hour deadlines. My friends pointed out though that would lessen then camaraderie and compulsion to join together for a pint after. Please do add any conferences where the deadline was not extended!

Funny analogy to taxes, but I don't think it's applicable. A more apt analogy would be buying some product for $100 and then finding out that it was reduced to $90 right after you bought it. To make a deadline, because I am a (reforming) procrastinator, I often have to make sacrifices. When I do and then meet the deadline, I am chagrined to learn that I didn't have to make that sacrifice. If I had waited, the cost would be lower.

I'm about to add the CHI 2010 conference since it was delayed this year. Each our they stretched it back one more, until 4 or 5 hours after the original deadline. That is nice of them, but it also sets an expectation, which is a slippery slope. Some friends argued that they have to do that since the system gets overloaded at the deadline time. A more fair solution to that, in my opinion, would be to randomly assign different deadlines to different submitters. E.g. same date but different hour deadlines. My friends pointed out though that would lessen then camaraderie and compulsion to join together for a pint after.

]]> By: Eva http://openeducationresearch.org/2009/07/conference-deadline-extension-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-2811 Eva Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:12:25 +0000 http://openeducationresearch.org/?p=44#comment-2811 Oh no! I never hand in on time, and my career relies on this phenomena, being supported by people like you :) Sorry for that. But I wish you were just happy to have handed in yourself. Compare it to the will to pay taxes: Being a healthy person who can work, I gladly pay taxes for benefits to people who for some reason cannot work. Most people still work. I am sure those who hand in on time will continue doing so even though they stop believing the deadlines. Yes, my clock is a few minutes early and I am still always late, but my friends do not start being late too. If too many people stop working, start handing in late and start coming later and later, the system would crash. But it doesn't? Just keep handing in on time! And don't bother about the extended deadline, what difference does it make?<br><br>Can I register some conferences where the deadline was *not* extended? To avoid a crash of the system I rely on..? They will be real, I promise :) Oh no! I never hand in on time, and my career relies on this phenomena, being supported by people like you :) Sorry for that. But I wish you were just happy to have handed in yourself. Compare it to the will to pay taxes: Being a healthy person who can work, I gladly pay taxes for benefits to people who for some reason cannot work. Most people still work. I am sure those who hand in on time will continue doing so even though they stop believing the deadlines. Yes, my clock is a few minutes early and I am still always late, but my friends do not start being late too. If too many people stop working, start handing in late and start coming later and later, the system would crash. But it doesn't? Just keep handing in on time! And don't bother about the extended deadline, what difference does it make?

Can I register some conferences where the deadline was *not* extended? To avoid a crash of the system I rely on..? They will be real, I promise :)

]]> By: Wouter Van Joolingen http://openeducationresearch.org/2009/07/conference-deadline-extension-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Wouter Van Joolingen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:54:20 +0000 http://openeducationresearch.org/?p=44#comment-2799 Good idea, I have been annoyed by this more than once, and almost ALL conferences do this! CSCL, ICLS and more. Good idea, I have been annoyed by this more than once, and almost ALL conferences do this! CSCL, ICLS and more.

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