> it would have been nice to be
part of a wider group of students to discuss methods.
>However, it would be nice to have similar support - not for specific
software but for areas of study.
I feel that goodole' jiscmail could facilitate these ably and try to encourage my students to launch out. Indeed there may be a yahoo! group doing just that - have you looked ;-) ?
The technology and the opportunity is there. But one vital missing link is the 'animateur' (or even better 'animateurs') (search the text of this paper - http://www.shef.ac.uk/nlc2004/Proceedings/Symposia/Symposium13/Jones_Esnault.htm ) to keep the place alive... another is that, politically, it still needs someone fairly beefy to pull everyone in, do the marketing etc... (as you said >'owned' by a learned society)
Finding a listsrv that meets the needs of novice and expert alike in your field is a rarity though (xmca and itforum get my votes - you dont even have to get another login ;-) In my experience, not much happens even between the members of a Masters cohort once the essay phase kicks in. I'm feeling again the gulf between warm feelings about the usefulness of things and something designed to fill the gap that never quite takes off...
Wistfully,
Mike Johnson
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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:12:20 -0800, niki lambropoulos
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>[I put my hat as a freelance consultant]:: I think
>there is space for subject-based VLEs as stakeholders
>have different needs and visions. in my opinion, if
>the target audience is identified then things will be
>clearer about who wants what and for what reasons...
>
>[I put my other hat as a PhD student]:: I would be
>interested in a course on my subject outside the uni
>and collaborte with other people who have same
>scientific interests. this collaboration might be a
>shared useful experience as a community of a special
>interest, and this is given by the subject.
>
You're right - the advantages are much more obvious for postgraduate study
and this is an area that can be overlooked by the commercial VLE products.
It's all very well to have course or course module resources but at a higher
level you are more likely to want resources, or more likely communication
tools arranged by subject area. At one time I was studying for a PhD and I
was the only student in the department working in my area and with only one
PostDoc who was well qualified to support me - it would have been nice to be
part of a wider group of students to discuss methods.
Some areas of study are closely related to specific software tools and these
are often supported by a web site with discussion areas and file sharing
tools. However, it would be nice to have similar support - not for specific
software but for areas of study.
Jon Maber
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