Thursday, 7 February 2008
Task 1 week 2
To begin with, i do belive that learning on these blogs is very different to being in a seminar, for one, you have to state your opinion when using these blogs, you can not just get away with saying nothing! Where as in face to face seminars, there is always the odd person that sits there very quite and doesnt really express there opinions on what is being said. Also there is the opportunity for more people to express what they have to say in as much detail as they like, because people can not interrupt them and change the subject and also there are no time restrictions on how long you can spend on the blogs, where as you usually only have an hour to an hour and a half in a seminar. I would say that that it is not a conversation, more like a statement with the opportunity to reply and express yoru oppinion as well. The problem is because there is no "authority figure" as such, leading teh discussions, it may be easier to go off topic, or to maybe talk about the wrong thing. The fact that there is the ability for question and answer situations between two or more people, is a feature of speech, but because of the time delay involved and the non immeadiacy of the replies, it makes the "conversation" that is going on less like face to face speech. I personally have used qutie a lot of forums, but not for this tyope of work before, so even though the concept is quite familiar to me, it is strange when you have to read a blog with such a lenthy amount of writing in it, i am used to short snappy sentances, it can be quite difficult to read long paragraphs on a screen.
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Yeah, i definately agree with the bit about having to write something, i think thats something i quite like it aswell as it gives everyone an equal opportunity to have a say - definately a plus if you're a bit shy! But i do think that ultimately, face to face communicating is so much better - what do you think?
hey kayleigh, yeh i agree with the fact that this sort of online learning means everyone has to state their views. This means that people who are usually quiet in seminars have to write down excatly what they think and not just sit in the background.
However, i do think the lack of an 'authority figure' means people don't know if what they writing is correct. I do prefer classroom seminars as you get the face-to-face interaction.
i agree with the lengthy blogging comment, its hard to read such large amounts of writing about the same thing from everyone and take it all in, but I guess the more stuff we read, the more we'l develop our own opinions as well which is good&give us something to tlak about ecause we can agree or disagree with eachother.
i like with blogging that the work evryone is doing is evident but I agress with jess that face to face is bettr because sometimes to explain what u mean is really hard to write and u need to do it in person
Kayleigh,
Yes, I think the comments you may about students not being able to remain passive, is definitely true. From a tutor's perspective, this makes it quite different to a regular real-time seminar, as currently on-line I hear every students opinion on the topic, whereas in a real-time seminar only a few may decide to speak. Yes, you're right too about being able to speak without interruption...though I guess the other side is that at times, you may only have your opinion whilst you're waiting for others to comment on you posting. Your point about short snappy postings are very valid, and I would constantly encourage students to do short postings to encourage comments and feedback from fellow students.
All the best
Emma
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