Comments on: Joining the Conversation http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/improving-teaching/joining-the-conversation A teaching and learning conference. Mon, 23 May 2011 15:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rex http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/improving-teaching/joining-the-conversation/comment-page-1#comment-6497 Rex Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:21:41 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/?p=1766#comment-6497 I agree with Knapp but can't help but mention one of the founding metaphors of the Internet boom was 'markets as conversations'. See Doc Searls and David Weinberger's ClueTrain Manifesto for more on that metaphor. I agree with Knapp but can’t help but mention one of the founding metaphors of the Internet boom was ‘markets as conversations’. See Doc Searls and David Weinberger’s ClueTrain Manifesto for more on that metaphor.

]]> By: Rich Young http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/improving-teaching/joining-the-conversation/comment-page-1#comment-6483 Rich Young Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:25:23 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/?p=1766#comment-6483 "Joining the conversation is an apt description. For several years I have used the expression "engaging students," but the intent is the same. What seems to be a key variable, however, is number of students because when I teach independent studies or run a graduate colloquium with relatively few students, the engagement factor is always high. Engagement seems to be a problem as numbers go up and as age goes down, both of which I associate with the risk factor of perhaps looking stupid in front of their peers. “Joining the conversation is an apt description. For several years I have used the expression “engaging students,” but the intent is the same. What seems to be a key variable, however, is number of students because when I teach independent studies or run a graduate colloquium with relatively few students, the engagement factor is always high. Engagement seems to be a problem as numbers go up and as age goes down, both of which I associate with the risk factor of perhaps looking stupid in front of their peers.

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