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Lurking is Learning (Part 1 of 2) - 6 views

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  • Mark McGuire on 27 Jan 12
     
    Hi Brainy. Good post on lurking. I "lurk" when I listen to radio, download podcasts, watch TV, and read the newspaper. Works for me. A live session where "presence" and group dynamics is central to the activity is a bit different (if the name of everyone "in the room" is displayed, lurkers are visible to others, even if they say nothing). In live MOOC sessions, most people lurk most of the time. That doesn't mean they are not engaged, they may simply feel that sitting at the back of the room suits them better. Mark McGuire
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  • anonymous on 30 Jan 12
     
    Thanks, Mark. I do believe that lurkers are often well-engaged in their own chosen ways. Could be observation from 'the back of the room'. Could be that they are taking notes or drawing or mindmapping (with good old pen and paper or some electronic means). They could be tweeting about it the live session instead of chatting within the backchannel. I hope more lurkers come forward and let us know what they're up to in order to help dispel some myths. :)
  • anonymous on 30 Jan 12
     
    Hello Brainy Smurf, Guess I've been lurking in #cck12, but I don't see it as much different from face-to-face classrom behaviour. Not everyone comments no matter what the forum--eliciting participation is part of the "dark art" of facilitation, no?
  • anonymous on 31 Jan 12
     
    Hi, Sandra, thanks for weighing in. I agree that lurking online is essentially the same as a classroom, it just might not be as obvious since the online facilitator (if there is one) can't see body language or eye contact. The more I play around in moocs (currently in my 3rd, 4th and 5th at the moment), the more the idea of eliciting participation (or 'engaging' participants) is starting to make me cringe. I'm becoming more confident that learning doesn't need to invite engagement as explicitly as we think it does. Participants will decide how much/little to interact for a million different reasons on any given day (e.g., fatigue, boredom, illness, distraction, reflection, synthesizing, doodling) and I think we should let them own those choices.
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