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Insight: While one can be present in a traditional classroom by sitting there, online courses require some kind of action that involves thinking.

How f2f and online presence can be integrated. Best practice description.

Without structure, nothing works. Not even an open course.

What a great term: social loafing. I've never heard it before, but upon reading this article, realised I've experienced it often enough. Thanks.

It's the first time i've heard of this term also. Very different from the term lurking. A little lengthy but worth the skim over.

Kaine Very interesting article. I think it exists. I have perceived social loafing, definitely in my past online courses or at work.But I am not sure if that is true or not. What if I was also perceived as social loafer at the same time by others? Who is right then? Thanks for sharing it. I read and also bookmarked it. Ilona

Online Markets ... connecting ... People of Earth

How is this 1999 manifesto holding up? Are markets better informed, smarter, and more demanding, thanks to the web?

I have used bibme a lot. Here are some online bibliography makers, several styles added automatically. Time saver!

Interesting study and interesting data

Thanks Julie. I am very much interested in flashcards especially if mobile. I teach langauge teachers to develop material with Before You Know It (BYKI.com). I also collect and evaluate several apps. I bookmarked your link. Thanks.

This blog raises great questions, Brainy Smurf, but I found your response posting most helpful.

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

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?

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.

It may seem like a cheesy website to include, but Amazon is extremely good at creating a highly effective online network. Amazon is the "World's largest bookstore" - largely because of clever use of online networks I believe.

A few tips which may be helpful in our online experience.

You know from experience that when you enjoy a subject, learning about that subject is easier, more fun, and you retain the information longer. Getting kids to enjoy learning is more productive to education efforts than spending more money, lengthening school days, you name it.