Interesting set of reflections on the hierarchy of participation in a massive open online course (MOOC). Ian Woods talks about his participation in PLENK mostly as a lurker. "Lurking," he writes, "is a by-product of not being able to keep up." And "Lurkers may add the odd comment here and there but get discouraged because they aren't necessarily noticed by the rest of the pack." He makes some recommendations that would help ease participation, including continuous engagement, a mechanism for participating in conversations that are old, and some sort of badge or indication of participation rate so lurkers won't feel they are the only ones left behind.
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