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May
12
2008

    • Clark contends that “leaders are needed to define the environment, keep it safe, give it purpose, identity and keep it growing”. He gives a set of mantras for teacher/leaders in any online community:

       
      • all you need is love
      • control the environment, not the group
      • lead by example
      • let lurkers lurk
      • short leading questions get conversations going
      • be personally congratulatory and inquisitive
      • route information in all directions
      • care about the people in the community; this cannot be faked
      • understand consensus and how to build it, and sense when it's been built and just not recognised, and when you have to make a decision despite all the talking.
       

      He cites confirmation that “personal narrative is vital to online learning communities. Personal stories and experiences add closeness, and provide identity, thus strengthening online communities.”

  • William Klemm has a more pragmatic approach[9, 10] to student participation, one that tends to coerce the engagement of post-secondary students in online collaborative learning. A minimum level of online participation as well as a deliverable piece of work relevant to the community activity is a mandatory course requirement. Many universities adopt a similar approach in order to ensure minimum online engagement of each student in collaborative study.
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Feb
29
2008

achieving the dream retention 92% - definitely a place to benchmark

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