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Super conversation around your work here Renée! I actually thought the sound quality was deliberate, to represent a phone call between the two people – perhaps a comment on old media / ‘new media’?

Nevertheless, using a dialogue to discuss a lack of dialogue (in the MOOC) was really clever, and allowed you to cover lots of insights and conclusions in a really creative way.

As has been commented above by Stuart and others, the limitations of the software is a really strong conclusion here about the potential for ‘community’ to emerge in this space. I hadn’t realised that the platform in question is so difficult to navigate, specifically in terms of finding people and conversations.

In that sense, I thought the (phone) conversation was a nice way to illustrate the need to take connections ‘elsewhere’ as Linzi commented.

So, despite the lack of micro-soldering skills, your micro-ethnographic skills are certainly on show, nice work!

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Despite your protestations, this is brilliant work as ever, Renée. The infographics work well to illustrate the findings which you refer to in your audio.

Like Linzi, I’m conscious of how much time it must have taken to collate all of this data! Very impressive stuff.

As Stuart has already noted, the limitations of the learning environment you were in are striking: your LMS impaired rather than enhanced your ability to connect with the other learners. I really like the Collier quote you’ve used in connection to this.

Thanks for sharing this and I hope you get all of your technical issues sorted soon!

Helen

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Ah yes – the hoop jumping contribution. Very familiar with that one, Linzi.. (from a previous online course, not mscde, of course 😉 I guess I thought though, that since most people didn’t bother to complete the required replies/posts (the average number of posts+replies of the 99 with public profiles that started in week 1 was 8/median 6, yet the first week alone required 10 (combined) posts+replies) that at least some of the questions may have been genuine.
You are quite right though about forced participation leading to a performance or demonstration of engagement, knowledge and critical thinking. Which, of course, privileges a particular way of ‘being a student’. Gourlay (2015) is a good read on this.

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That sounds like a nightmare. It sounds like it would be difficult to keep a conversation going unless taking it ‘elsewhere’. Although I didn’t experience this on my MOOC, it is something that I have experienced over the past three weeks ‘online’ and in reality.

I am an observer by nature. I like to watch and assess a situation before I contribute. When I have a conversation with someone I take everything in BUT online it’s impossible. I can’t seem to ‘get a feel’ for them or what they are trying to say. In situations where you are forced to communicate with others are you doing it because you are listening to them or because you need to comment and show your knowledge and critical thinking??

Hmmm……

Linzi

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Thanks, Linzi. Collecting the data was time consuming! Good question about the nature of participant questions. At the time I thought they were genuine – but I could have been wrong. I did have a person who had lived in similar countries to me comment on my introduction, with questions, and someone asked about the University of Edinburgh as I mentioned it in my disclosure. However, by the time I realised they had commented on my post (it’s really hard to find your original posts owing to the limited search functions/tools that don’t work on the platform) both had seemingly left the course.
Perhaps they weren’t genuine questions though – I hadn’t thought about that.

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Hi Renee,

I really enjoyed this and think that you did a superb job considering your situation. Using a conversation to demonstrate a lack of conversation was entertaining. The visuals were a great supplement and it was clear. I’m guessing it was time consuming getting data from the forums?

I wonder if the questions asked were genuine questions or rhetorical ? Were they ever really listening to each other?

Linzi

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Renée, I enjoyed this post and the content delivered in a visually creative way. I believe the discussion of ethics are important in a world where implications may occur. Çakir (2016) states that the makers of technology are creating a world while ignoring the legalities of the products they make. Should they consider law, morals and ethics? After all the intellectual and social entity involves people…..

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Çakir, E. A, (2016). Cyber-humans – our future with machines. Journal of Behaviour & Information Technology,Volume 35, 2016 – Issue 6

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