[Air-l] Korean students

[J. J.]

>So, and this is a personal position, not speaking for the Association,
>my thought is that such exercises may not be such a good idea.

Classrooms (even in cyberspace) are normally bound by boundaries like 
learning and teaching objectives, required readings, time frames, etc. This 
list isn't.

Jarek


>From: "Alex Halavais" <halavais at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org, alex at halavais.net
>To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>Subject: Re: [Air-l] Korean students
>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:53:33 -0400
>
>Hi, Han,
>
>Should have known it was you ;).
>
>I think an earlier poster mentioned that it was not uncommon in the
>bad old days of the web to assign students to contribute to online
>discussions in order to better understand the dynamic. Of course, each
>listserv has its own culture, and its own norms, that has evolved over
>time. That's why it is essential that new members "lurk" long enough
>to have a good understanding of the culture.
>
>Assigning students to *lurk* on AIR-L seems entirely appropriate.
>Assigning them to *post* on AIR-L, whether undergrads or grads, native
>speakers or not, seems ill-advised. One of the reasons AIR-L has
>lasted so long without some of the turmoil found on other lists is
>that it manages to have a fairly low volume of material, and it tends
>to be reasonably relevant. The average list member has *never* posted
>a message to the list. There are about 1600 people on AIR-L, and so
>posting really is pretty limited.
>
>So, and this is a personal position, not speaking for the Association,
>my thought is that such exercises may not be such a good idea.
>
>Best,
>
>Alex
>
>
>
>--
>//
>// This email is
>// [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded.
>// [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing.
>//
>// Alexander C. Halavais
>// Social Architect
>// http://alex.halavais.net
>//
>_______________________________________________
>The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
>is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
>Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: 
>http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
>Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
>http://www.aoir.org/