Posted in participation on May 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
This post is associated with my earlier post on compulsory vs. voluntary participation.
We often hear teachers say, “I want students to have free discussion, to articulate whatever they want to say through online forum or the like.” At first glance, this senses perfectly fine. Students are give a lot of freedom and control; they are [...]
Posted in community, participation on May 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
It just occurred to me that the asynchronous online environment is like one-way glass. Audience can read (see) what’s going on in the online space without being seen. Often times, the writers have no ideas whether their contribution have been read. Without the physical presence online, writers have to depend on the comments to know [...]
Posted in participation on Apr 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
To assess, or not to assess, this is a question.
I have had this debate with myself for a while and my perspective on this matter changed over time. A discussion with Nicole after a seminar we went to ignited it again. I guess it will be worthwhile to record my change here.
I used to [...]
Posted in media, participation on Mar 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Burgess’s article also touched upon the same issue as Jenkins. Computer literacy nowadays is not just about technical competency, but more about critical, creative and network literacies.
… critical technological literacy focuses on a deep, socially contextualized, and informed understanding of technology.
… creative literacies: the ability to experiment with technology in order to create and manipulate [...]
Posted in participation on Oct 26th, 2007 No Comments »
OK, I have to admit, my study is kinda stuck. Basically, this group of PGDE students seem not into blogging. I know since blogging is voluntary, it will inevitably be put at the lower priority in students’ busy life. But I still believe that students can benefit from it. And the benefit will be more [...]
Posted in ICT, participation on Aug 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
OK, today is one of those days when I understand why “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”. I feel my post-graduate study is a process of ebbs and flows — “I know something” … ” I don’t really know anything”.
Personal epistemology is a new term I picked up today. It refers to [...]
Posted in participation, social software on Jul 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I bumped into this article today. It was meant for software company for developers regarding social software. I think it can still serve as a good framework to analyze what can attract people to participate. Here are the six building blocks:
Identity – a way of uniquely identifying people in the system
Presence – a way of [...]
Posted in affordance, participation on Jul 7th, 2007 No Comments »
My mind has evolved on affordance for a while. Since according to my experience and many other study results, the main barrier to educational use of technology is not the technical skills, but the perceived affordance of the tool. It’s not just about using blogs, but also an issue of being comfortable with producing web-based [...]
Posted in blog, participation on Jun 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The problem of participation has been prevalent to online communication. It seems especially so for bloggers. According to Jakob Nielsen, the blogging activities follow a 90-9-1 rule:
90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, but don’t contribute).
9% of users contribute from time to time, but other priorities dominate their time.
1% of users participate a [...]
