Re: the classroom. Of course. And participation does improve. But that's with an authority figure present and pushing for it.
Participation rates in classes I've taught varied by age and location. In NY much less of a problem than in Arizona or California. And older groups have also been more prone to full participation, depending on ethnicity. This is US observation. I don't know if it's different in the UK.
I know several prolific posters on facebook. Each has several thousand "friends." The same at most ten constitute most of the responders on each list.
This is not to say that we shouldn't also avoid being offensive. Of course we should. But I doubt it will increase participation much. In fact (I'm being mischievous here) offensive behavior seems to stimulate involvement, albeit temporarily. It's a bit like "want to meet your neighbors? Start a fire."
Best,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
>From: Jaime Robles <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Oct 16, 2014 6:47 PM
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>Subject: Re: lists
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>You said it with such authority, Mark, it seemed like you had read statistical research on e-list usage. Which I would have been interested in.
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>I'm not sure I could make such a sweeping generalisation based on an experience with one women's e-list. But you may be right. I have a very different experience of Facebook, however, which I believe is a matter of algorithms. And in the classroom, I tried to make use of my role as a teacher to be a facilitator involving everyone to speak. Granted, it's work. It was not without rewards.
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>Of course, time and priorities are a factor in any group with voluntary contributing members.
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>Cheers,
>J
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>Jaime Robles
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>On 16 Oct 2014, at 15:19, Mark Weiss wrote:
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>> I detect a note of skepticism. I was a member of WOMPO for several years. Men are allowed, a very few join, and usually don't say much. But check long facebook threads. Same result. Generally only a few people participate. Presumably others have better things to do with their time. For those who teach --this may be different in the UK--in classes of more than, say, 10, isn't it a chiore to get most folks to contribute?
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jaime Robles <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Oct 16, 2014 5:23 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: lists
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>>> Curious how you know this, Mark ...
>>> Cheers,
>>> J
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>>> Jaime Robles
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>>> On 16 Oct 2014, at 13:10, Mark Weiss wrote:
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>>>> This is true of lists that are female by definition as well, btw.
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