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Is Lurking Working?
The document discusses lurking in online learning communities, which refers to participating without posting or posting seldom. It examines whether lurkers are learning enough and what benefits they gain from their participation. Influencing factors on lurking include the online community, individual characteristics, online behavior, and commitment. The document suggests strategies for online course designers to plan for various types of participants and encourage participation, such as providing induction, ensuring the technology works, and giving useful feedback. It also provides examples of active learning methods and activities that can be used, such as brainstorming, discussions, and support groups.
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- 1. Is lurking working? HróbjarturÁrnason University of Iceland EDEN 2016 hrobjartur@hi.is CC BY Some rights reserved by Metro Centric
- 2. What IS lurking? Participatingin learning BUT #1 Never Posting #2 Posting seldom CC BY Some rights reserved by Metro Centric
- 3. What is theproblem? • Are they learning (enough)? • What do they gain from their form of participation? • Are drop-outs failures / did we fail them? CC BY Some rights reserved by Shaylor
- 4. Influencing factors 1. Onlinecommunity 2. Individual characteristics 3. Online behaviour 4. Commitment 5. Quality CC BY Some rights reserved by Marina del Castell
- 5. CC BY Somerights reserved by fortherock Why Lurk? • Learning environment • Personal attributes • Situational reasons
- 6. Other aspects • Whatyou see is at most the tip of the iceberg • Lurking as a strategy: different roles in different settings • „Legitimate peripheral participation “
- 7. Strategies • Plan forvarious needs / types of participants / etc. • Induction • Make sure technology works • Help participants learn to use the technlology • Get „everybody in the same Boat“ • Create inclusion in group • Give useful feedback • Encourage particpation • Expect participation
- 8. Methods • eTivities • Groups •Brainstorming • MindMapping • Structured discussions (6 hats, positive/negative, positive / interesting / negative SWOT etc.) • Support groups • Regular short videos • Expect learners to comment (ponts…) Situation • Sdfsdfs • sdaffsd Dream situation • Sdfsdfsf • sdfsdf How to get there • Sdfsdf • aælskjfæalsdkjf Random ideas • Sdfsf • læaskfæaljf
- 9. PSST! More info: islurkingworking.wordpress.com http://tiny.cc/lorking hrobjartur@hi.is CC BYSome rights reserved by Metro Centric