New Communities at WiZiQ Brainstorming Session Public Class

Regarding functionality, communities should have a WYSIWYG toolbar and threads should be nested (i.e., reply to a reply to a reply...). But beyond that, everyone should be able to create a community that links content, individuals, live classes, etc. Teachers should be able to gravitate towards learners and learners should be able to gravitate towards teachers. As Harmon mentioned, everyone is a teacher! I think a teacher-centered approach to community creation is less desirable. If this is the only option however, allow communities to be an extension of teacher profiles. The value of any community is the linking of individuals, content, and classes. Specifically, individual content is of little value unless it becomes a part of an ongoing, live and active discussion that promotes both synchronous and asynchronous communication. The distinction between social and academic communities is valid, but since the goal is to get more learners involved in the discussions, I would leave it up to the creator of the community to decide what’s appropriate and what’s not. Let the communities emerge then decide what controls are necessary.

Lol George who said i am a straight A student !! Don't ever remember saying such weird things !! P.S :- in our school we dont have grades :P

Very interesting points I liked the meeting

Great session, George. Certainly very valuable for me.

Sorry Ben, I wasn't thinking about you. Rad's... quit complaining ;-) you are a straight A student and enjoy doing well on tests.

@ Benjamin - nice work I too want to really attend the class but unfortunately will be sitting in an exam hall at that time writing out a boring paper !! Anyways all the best for the class George !Hope you guys come up with some really interesting ideas :D

I'm certainly interested in this topic, and will do my best to get up at 5:00 AM (smile)!