Clay Shirky seminar
“…When you walk into a restaurant, you immediately understand the social weather. It is busy or calm, loud or quiet, people are dining in couples or groups, they are whispering or shouting, and so on. All these things tell you, almost instantly, what the mood of the room is. Reading social weather is a basic human skill. Social software — software used for group communications, from mailing lists and “IRC” to Everquest and Groove — also has social weather, but it is much harder to read…”
Indeed! i think setting the mood and expectation for a learner is an important and hard nut to crack – it’s not just about letting them know what they need to do – but let them feel comfortable with the environment, happy to participate etc. Anyone any thoughts on techniques? By way of kottke.org. And I shall welcome myself back after being in the wilderness of reduced internt connectivity, new flat, new town and busy busy work…must…blog…at…least…once…a…day…