On theCCK08 course those who communicated in the blogs more than in the forums did so because:
· Blogs enable personal sense-making (BO.1, 1d)
· Blogs enable self-expression (BO.1, 1d)
· Blogs allow for the creation of an attractive layout in which to express ideas (B0.2, 1d)
· In blogs you can establish a personal presence (B5b, 1d)
· In blogs you can establish a personal voice (B1, 1a)
· Blogs enable the development of personal connections, beyond the immediate task (B2, 1a)
· In blogs you have more control over who to enter into discussion with (B3, 1b)
· In blogs the ‘tone’ of discussions meets implicitly accepted protocols (B3a, 1b1)
· Blogs foster quiet, slow, reflection (B4, 2e)
· Blogs enable ‘ownership’ of the publishing space (B5a)
· Bloggers can control the pace of discussion on their blogs (B5c)
· Blogs provide a protected space (B5d, 1d) & (B6, 1b, 1d)
· Bloggers can build and protect their self-esteem in a blog (B7, 1d)
· Bloggers can individually develop ideas (B8a)
· Blogs enable intensive personal learning (B8b, 2a, 2c, 3a)
· In blogs you can make well-formed connections between fewer and more distant concepts (B9, 3d) B10)
· Bloggers can focus on the development of side branches in their own space and time (B10)
· Bloggers can develop thoughtful, long-term relationships and networks (BR1, 1a)
· Bloggers can develop a blend of personal relationships and conceptual relationships about ideas (BR2)
· what do we mean by conceptual relationships – do we mean relationships between ideas as opposed to between people?
· Blogs allow for the development of personal and conceptual relationships which may influence each other
· is this what you meant Matthias – I’m not sure I understand this
· Bloggers can rapidly track parallel blogs and other bloggers. (BR3)
· In blogs you can develop ties which are initially weak but then strengthen. (BR4, 1c)
· Blogs enable you to develop deep relationships with other bloggers (P004c?)
· Blogs allow for personal freedom (L005d)
On theCCK08 course those who communicated in the Moodle forums more than in the blogs did so because:
· The forums facilitated co-operative peer learning (F0)
· There was an immediate sense of close community in the forums (F1, 1b) (F6, 1d)
· There were more people to interact with in the forums (F3, 1b)
· In the forums, people felt physically closer to each other
· There was more ‘jostling’ with other people in the forums
· There was more ‘stepping on each other’s toes’ in the forums
· The ‘tone’ of discussion in the forums was academic See MSOF3 (F4, 1b1)
· There was a greater sense of being in a group in the forums (F5, 1c)
· There were medium-strong connections in the forums (F5, 1c)
· The pace of discussion was fast in the forums (F7a, 1d, 3a)
· Discussion in the forums was provisional and exploratory (F7b, 1d, 3a)
· Discussion in the forums was focussed on knowledge formation (F7b, 1d, 3a)
· There was intensive cooperative learning in the forums (F8, Id, 2a, 2c)
· In the forums conceptual connections were more implicitly present (F9, 3d)
· In the forums conceptual connections were closer in time and space (F9, 3d)
· In the forums conceptual connections between ideas were more numerous (F9, 3d)
· Forums allowed for big picture discussions with digressions and disparate topics
(F10, 3f)
· There was alpha--fe/male sparring in the forums (MSOF 0.1)
· The forums were like a free-for-all marketplace without a regulator (MSOF 0.2, 1b)
· There was fast-paced asynchronous interaction in the forums (MSOF 1, 1b)
· Relationships in the forums were developed on the basis of ideas (MSOF 2, 1b)
· There was no restriction on the ‘tone’ of discussion in the forums (MSOF 3, 1b1)
· The tone of discussion in the forums was ‘self-correcting’ (MSOF 3, 1b1)
· Forums ensured a greater number of readers of your posts (T007)
· Forums ensured a greater number of responses to your posts (T009)
· It was easier to track back through discussions in the forums (C003)
· In the forums you could avoid the distraction of numerous hyperlinks (3f or C006a/b)
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