Building community… the question of reciprocity

In my last blog post I starting thinking about the concept of lurking in an online community and whether it is a good or bad thing. My instinct tells me that the term is a negative one, that lurking isn’t a good thing since it’s one-sided and no reciprocity exists. So, I did a littleContinue reading “Building community… the question of reciprocity”

Building community… a few more steps

Several months have passed since I wrote a blog post on the important topic of community, a full academic year has been completed and it’s probably time to apply some learnings for the upcoming semesters. Just like starting out as an undergrad student in a physical university environment it takes effort to get to knowContinue reading “Building community… a few more steps”

Reflections on IDEL Week 1

Well, the panic is over. I didn’t figure out Minecraft but I did manage to download it and set it up on my iPad. I’m keeping my mind open as to the learnings I will gain from it but for now I think I’ll just park it and focus on the course content that interestsContinue reading “Reflections on IDEL Week 1”