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Silence in the context of online, threaded, text-based, class discussions is frequently seen as posing a significant pedagogical challenge or “dilemma” (Feenberg, 1989; Xin & Feenberg, 2008). Those who provide advice on mentoring online discussions recommend strategies similar to ones used in the classroom. They ask moderators to “call on specific individuals just as a teacher might call on a student in a traditional class” (1995), and to engage in “explicit meta-communication,” explaining “unclear remarks,” and describing their “emotional tone and intent” (Feenberg & Xin, 2002).
But is the “solution” to silence simply its logical or dialectical opposite, more “communication?” Is online silence comparable to silence in the classroom? And what is the pedagogical significance of silence in either setting? These questions get at some significant experiential, pedagogical characteristics that separate online from offline. These kinds of characteristics, moreover, have proven difficult to pin down in research into online. In this presentation, I will explore the question of the pedagogical significance of silence by presenting and discussing descriptive and reflective passages from the literature of pedagogy (online and in the classroom) and from hermeneutic phenomenology.
Silence in the context of online, threaded, text-based, class discussions is frequently seen as posing a significant pedagogical challenge or “dilemma” (Feenberg, 1989; Xin & Feenberg, 2008). Those who provide advice on mentoring online discussions recommend strategies similar to ones used in the classroom. They ask moderators to “call on specific individuals just as a teacher might call on a student in a traditional class” (1995), and to engage in “explicit meta-communication,” explaining “unclear remarks,” and describing their “emotional tone and intent” (Feenberg & Xin, 2002).
But is the “solution” to silence simply its logical or dialectical opposite, more “communication?” Is online silence comparable to silence in the classroom? And what is the pedagogical significance of silence in either setting? These questions get at some significant experiential, pedagogical characteristics that separate online from offline. These kinds of characteristics, moreover, have proven difficult to pin down in research into online. In this presentation, I will explore the question of the pedagogical significance of silence by presenting and discussing descriptive and reflective passages from the literature of pedagogy (online and in the classroom) and from hermeneutic phenomenology.
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