https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/emajoos/2015/02/16/the-online-community-a-new-paradigm-mark-wills-at-tedxsanluisobispo-youtube/ Life. Love. Technology Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/emajoos/2015/02/16/the-online-community-a-new-paradigm-mark-wills-at-tedxsanluisobispo-youtube/#comment-16 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:05:19 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/emajoos/?p=112#comment-16 […] The TED talk by Mark Wills (2012) was interesting and also brought up many valid points about community which translated to what I was witnessing on the discussion forums. He suggests that in terms of community management, tutors and moderators should allow the participants within the community to run the community. This way the community can be driven by shared values or common interests amongst the group participants. I noticed this first hand in the discussion forums. Firstly it is important to note that the tutors and moderators do not have a presence within the forum space. Interactions between participants increased when the discussion revolved around commonalities as well as familiar experiences. Actually most of the interactions were empathetic in nature. Participants shared their experiences with each other and offered support as best they could. […]

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