I’ve been doing a bit of reflecting on the MOOing conversations we’ve been having in class. I definitely see the advantages of us being able to log on from various sites and have a common dialogue- that’s clearly its best benefit.
However, I have to say I’ve been left yearning for speaking! As I told my husband, I sat in class for 2 ½ hours- I didn’t say a word. I still have no idea who anyone is in the class. I don’t particularly care for the anonymity of the people with whom I’m conversing. I’m taking a class with 8-9 people (I don’t really actually know how many are in the class since we’ve never all been together nor met). I need to have some face/name association. I very well could say something that offended someone in the room with me- and I have no idea who that person is!
I can see how in some settings an on-line conversation is appropriate, but I wish we had a few more face to face conversations first so that I could get a sense of who is who! I feel this would better my understanding of the perspectives from which people write comments.
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