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This is wonderful, Anne
“I was inspired to produce videos for this micro-ethnography because of my need to be creative and because the atmosphere I experienced in the MOOC community drove me to express myself in an artistic way.” – your videos definitely created a dark, trapped atmosphere for me and the opening photograph set the scene perfectly.

I’m guessing the ‘feeling’ of community within the MOOC must have differed from the majority of online courses being of such a difficult nature.

It is an inspirational, sensitive presentation, thank you.
Clare

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This is really accomplished presentation Anne, that seems to convey a strong sense of the MOOC content, and the experience of being a participant.

I visited the Holocaust Memorial a few years ago whilst at a conference in Berlin. It is a powerful work, and I’m now remembering the experience of walking through it as one which both restricts and afford a view – when you are low down and within the ‘grid’ of stone structures, it is actually very difficult to see other people, even if there are many others also walking though. In this sense, it seemed to be deliberately isolating people, perhaps a comment on the way ‘systems’ can do this.

I think Renée’s comments around listening are really fascinating in the context of our MOOC studies: how can we ‘see’, or research the listening and empathy that happens in relation to a MOOC – in the case of the one you studied, these response seem particularly important for how we understand the subject matter?

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Another really impressive and creative piece from you Anne – thank you. It’s a really emotive arrangement.

I really liked your comment:
“When MOOC members go beyond participation and become teachers, contributors and storytellers, the online community is enriched and strengthened.”

In a sense, the MOOC members are projecting themselves into the community – their experience, their feelings, their history their knowledge. In this sense the location of what is valued/what can be learned from becomes ‘distributed’.

I also thought that one reason your MOOC might have been more participatory is the role of empathetic listening when dealing with such fraught subject matter. While we should listen empathetically more frequently, I doubt many do (certainly based on most of our peers’ experiences in their MOOCs). In contrast, one’s humanity prevents one from speaking over or ignoring sensitive subject matter, or those things very important to another (like in Philip’s MOOC). Maybe listening is the key (an idea which I must also credit to Linzi, through her posts on my blog).

Thanks again for sharing. Your artefact construction is inspirational!

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Hi Chenée – thanks!
There was quite a bit of interaction between participants on this MOOC so I didn’t feel hesitant about getting involved or asking to share things posted by others. And I suspect you are correct – the community perhaps felt more open and connected because of the difficult and emotional subject matter. Many participants shared personal experiences of family members who were Holocaust victims or survivors.
A powerful experience!
Anne

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Hi Eli – thank you!
It is a very emotional MOOC due to the subject, but I found the community to be quite welcoming and the topics are fascinating.
I recently discovered Adobe Spark and love the platform – so easy to use.
Anne

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Hi Anne,

Really amazing visual artefact you’ve made! Very creative.

You seem to have engaged a lot more with the content and the other participants than I did on my MOOCs. Why do you think this is? I suspect it may have something to do with the emotive subject.

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Truly, truly beautiful piece Anne and a really brave MOOC to participate in given the emotional intensity.

Gorgeous use of Adobe Spark, the black and white images hold the tone of the piece really nicely but popping in some colour video breaks things up nicely so that the reader isn’t left overwhelmed with the emotions of this subject.

Eli

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I enjoyed your comment, Anne! Not only because of its content but also because of its format. I believe out playful exploration of this things makes learning not only more fun, but also more efficient.

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Anne!! I replied to Clare via Twitter today regarding the topic of ‘blog comments’. I said that it would so much easier to leave voice notes , it take less time and it would feel more personal. Tone of voice speaks volumes….even if robotic lol.

Linzi

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