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This short casual Seesmic video thread post offers a great conversational introduction to Goffman's ideas about the presentation of self and how we mediate our performance according to context.

A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: "On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction."

Interesting. Though I'm curious about what's being assessed. there's a certain social knowledge and development that occurs in visually and physically mediated spaces that is more difficult to discern online. as well, wondering how online disinhibition (actors and lurkers) factors into who "performs" well or is under serviced by online only contexts.

"video blogging - I'm all alone in my room talking into a video camera!" an explanation of the challenges and opportunities of vlogging and the pressures of performance.