Week 2: patterns of participation
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How would you characterise your patterns of online behaviour currently in this course? What about your colleagues on the course? Are you getting to know them now by their posting patterns, or perhaps by the style of their postings? Gilly Salmon (2002, p 171) presents some patterns of online behaviours that might be useful to think about. Which best describes you? Would you associate any of these with colleagues on the course?
- The wolf
- Visits once a week, lots of activity then disappears again until next week, or even the week after!
- The elephant
- Steady — visits most days for a short time
- The squirrel
- Always catching up: completes two weeks in one session then disappears again for some time
- The mouse
- Visits once a week, reads and contributes little
- The mole
- Inclined to post disembodied comments in a random way
- The rabbit
- Lives online, prolific message writer, responds very rapidly
- The stag
- Tendency to dominate discussion at certain times
- The magpie
- Steals ideas without acknowledging
- The dolphin
- Intelligent, good communicator and playful online
Salmon, G. (2002). E-tivities: the key to active online learning. London, Kogan Page., p 171