Comments on: The nature of blog discussions http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Silence and Voice » Blog Archive » The Search for Online Community (FOC08) http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Silence and Voice » Blog Archive » The Search for Online Community (FOC08) Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:10:52 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-836 [...] on this topic I will in turn look at my own community in this class, such as Illya Arnet-Clark, Mike Bogle, Nellie Deutsch, Barbara Dieu, and Amy Lenzo. What better resources than colleagues considering [...] [...] on this topic I will in turn look at my own community in this class, such as Illya Arnet-Clark, Mike Bogle, Nellie Deutsch, Barbara Dieu, and Amy Lenzo. What better resources than colleagues considering [...]

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Mike Bogle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:33:51 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-677 RE: The nature of blog discussions {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/TiCPsnbAxU_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"RE: The nature of blog discussions "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/1eajjzh9fS"}}} RE: The nature of blog discussions {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/TiCPsnbAxU_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”RE: The nature of blog discussions ”}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/1eajjzh9fS”}}}

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Mike Bogle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:29:05 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-676 Re: The Nature of Blog Discussions {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/0YqFJlRYmV_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"Re: The Nature of Blog Discussions "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/5BOgGbqSQp"}}} Re: The Nature of Blog Discussions {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/0YqFJlRYmV_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”Re: The Nature of Blog Discussions ”}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/5BOgGbqSQp”}}}

]]> By: artie http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-655 artie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:11:46 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-655 Blogging is great. I feel that forums are generally kind of stoopid. I read that forum a couple of weeks ago but enjoy reading the blogs more. The blogging is more focused and I can get a better idea of who thinks what. Forum tend to get real muddy and mushy and it's harder to sort out who thinks what. Blogging is great. I feel that forums are generally kind of stoopid. I read that forum a couple of weeks ago but enjoy reading the blogs more. The blogging is more focused and I can get a better idea of who thinks what. Forum tend to get real muddy and mushy and it’s harder to sort out who thinks what.

]]> By: Valerie http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Valerie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:30:05 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-654 The FOC08 community has been very interesting to observe. Even though the directions are very explicit about creating blog entries to respond to the assignment questions, the discussion forums are getting tons of traffic. This seems to reflect a wide-spread need for immediate interaction. While it is interesting and in many cases helpful, it significantly increases the workload associated with the course. The urgency is in part, a function of the time limits imposed by the course schedule. "If this is week 3, then I should be understanding the topic of "community" better than I do, so I'll post to the discussion board for lots of visibility and instant feedback..." However, the course progress is very different that it would be if participants just blogged. It will be interesting to see if the discussion forum posting continue now this precedent has been set. Or, will participants find the blogging response appropriate for this course and their learning expectations? The FOC08 community has been very interesting to observe. Even though the directions are very explicit about creating blog entries to respond to the assignment questions, the discussion forums are getting tons of traffic. This seems to reflect a wide-spread need for immediate interaction. While it is interesting and in many cases helpful, it significantly increases the workload associated with the course.

The urgency is in part, a function of the time limits imposed by the course schedule. “If this is week 3, then I should be understanding the topic of “community” better than I do, so I’ll post to the discussion board for lots of visibility and instant feedback…”

However, the course progress is very different that it would be if participants just blogged. It will be interesting to see if the discussion forum posting continue now this precedent has been set. Or, will participants find the blogging response appropriate for this course and their learning expectations?

]]> By: artie http://techticker.net/2008/08/18/the-nature-of-blog-discussions/comment-page-1/#comment-653 artie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:26:49 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=339#comment-653 I'm blogging for the Facilitating Online Communities course also so this was interesting. I'm new to blogging and think I like it much better than forums for the very reasons you mention. seems to me that blogging is a good place for random commenting but I don't think that forums should be like that. They ought to be set up to emphasize ordinal forms. I’m blogging for the Facilitating Online Communities course also so this was interesting. I’m new to blogging and think I like it much better than forums for the very reasons you mention. seems to me that blogging is a good place for random commenting but I don’t think that forums should be like that. They ought to be set up to emphasize ordinal forms.

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