- requiring an introductory slideshow or video (with pictures, text, and audio optional) before enrolling in the first online course of a program. Students would spend more time creating and personalizing this project, but could re-use it in later course ice breakers. I think that the visual pictures, fonts, etc. used would help me to better remember information about my classmates. Ideas for slides could be: where you grew up, family, pets, favorite movies/books/music/food, ideal travel destinations, hobbies, schooling, and career.
- researching the size of online classes and its effect on online community
- what web 2.0 apps best enhance and promote online community
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Initial Ideas for how social capital and online community research can benefit my "real world"
My initial ideas for this project include:
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I like your suggestion ref which web 2.0 apps enhance and promote online community. Many web 2.0 apps are free, or at least offer sufficient free functionality that they work well for classes and such, and that would be an interesting subject to explore. Accessing apps is oen thing but then the sustainability part comes into it - how to build a vibrant community within the app environment, how to sustain the conversation, and what happens when the company closes down or decides to make the app pay-per-use?
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