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The Bamboo Project Blog: Six Reasons People Aren't Commenting On Your Blog
The Bamboo Project Blog: Six Reasons People Aren't Commenting On Your Blog
If you're not getting comments on your blog, these might be some of the reasons. If you sound like a press release, infomercial, or know-it-all, people won't join the conversation. Create the right atmosphere, show people how to comment, and make it clear you want conversation, and you might get more comments.
#blog#conversation#learningcommunity
·michelemartin.typepad.com·
The Bamboo Project Blog: Six Reasons People Aren't Commenting On Your Blog
I mean, really, where did we think all of this was going to go?
I mean, really, where did we think all of this was going to go?

George Siemens further explores the idea of a world without courses in 3 areas: 1. Content

  1. Conversations and Connections
  2. Reputation and Accreditations This would be a real revolution in learning and education, and it's intriguing to imagine the possibilities even if it is (as Siemens admits) very speculative.
#connectivism#conversation#distributedlearning#reputation#elearning
·connectivism.ca·
I mean, really, where did we think all of this was going to go?
Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Think and do?
Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Think and do?
Dave Ferguson explains at the end of this post his "three links out" idea. You read a post on one of your regular blogs, then click a link (1). From there, click another link (2). From that place, click a third link (3). This brings you outside your regular circle of reading so you're explosed to new people and ideas. Seems like a good lifelong learning technique.
#blog#conversation#connection#lifelonglearning
·daveswhiteboard.com·
Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Think and do?
A List Apart: Articles: Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
A List Apart: Articles: Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
One of the founders of Flickr writes about building online community. One of his big points is that if you create too many hard and fast rules, people are less creative and open to conversation. It's better to build community by providing spaces for people to negotiate the guidelines for themselves as much as possible.
The sculpture demonstrated a fascinating idea: given fewer rules, people actually behaved in more creative, co-operative, and collaborative (or competitive, as the case may be) ways.
Any time you construct specific rules of engagement, they are instantly open to interpretation and circumvention, and we want our members to negotiate their place with each other, not with The Authority.
Any community—online or off—must start slowly, and be nurtured. You cannot “just add community.” It simply must happen gradually. It must be cared for, and hosted; it takes time and people with great communication skills to set the tone and tend the conversation.
We also tried to create an egalitarian playing field. At a glance, visitors can’t differentiate a professional photographer with an enormous lens from an enthusiast just getting started in photography. There is no indication of “quality” apart from the content itself.
Participate in the community you’re trying to build. Add content, make contact, show yourself as a person and have fun.
#community#flickr#conversation#learnercontrol#creativity#quoteable
·alistapart.com·
A List Apart: Articles: Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
In the Wild « Web2.0 in High School
In the Wild « Web2.0 in High School
Observations from the beginning of a high school project with Ning, Animoto, and Flickr. Most of the insight is around how Ning facilitates conversations between students and lets the teacher join the discussion. Students are engaged with Ning; they are personalizing their spaces and giving each other constructive feedback.
The ability for teachers to understand and add value to the comment ‘back channel’ is a key skill for the ‘connected teacher’. Anyone can swap an writing pad for a blog, there is no value in that. The back channel is the conversation, and is the heartbeat of thought.
I can’t think of another way in which teachers can get such immediate access to the ‘thinking’ process that is playing out in front of them.
#web2.0#k-12#education#learningcommunity#connection#conversation#engagement
·deangroom.wordpress.com·
In the Wild « Web2.0 in High School
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) by coherence, awareness of audience, and diction. Writing for asynchronous discussion isn't the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades.
#conversation#discussion#highered#assessment#web2.0#elearning
·campustechnology.com·
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Social Networks in Action - Learning Networks @ UOW
Social Networks in Action - Learning Networks @ UOW
Tool to analyze forum conversations in an LMS, create network diagrams, and identify behavior patterns.
SNAPP uses information on who posted and replied to whom, and what major discussions were about, and how expansive they were, to analyse the interactions of a forum and display it in a Social Network Diagram.
#LMS#networks#tools#conversation#visualization#elearning
·research.uow.edu.au·
Social Networks in Action - Learning Networks @ UOW
How Do You Show Conversations in E-Learning?
How Do You Show Conversations in E-Learning?
Samples of different styles for conversations (comic book, text message, interactive conversations, pull quotes, etc.) Read the comments for additional examples. Most of the samples are in Storyline, but you could do similar actions in any tool.
#conversation#storytelling#elearning
·community.articulate.com·
How Do You Show Conversations in E-Learning?