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It takes planning. “Online participation and community building will not happen automatically – they need to be designed and scaffolded (see point 2).” It is also a good idea to start the first session by setting expectations, including those around netiquette and the timeliness of responses to queries, or, in other words, getting on the same page with the students to both encourage their participation, and pre-empt inappropriate behavior.
Peer-to-peer. “Other examples included setting up ‘just chatting’ forums.” It seems less threatening to share thoughts/ideas/questions anonymously, and many tools, including the Active Learning Platform (MQ-supported tool) allow it. A good practice in this case might be to flag to students that while they will appear anonymous to other students, in the case of offensive or inappropriate behavior, the instructor will be able to identify offenders.
What about the other 90 students? Why are THEY not participating? Is it the way you asked the question? Wrong timing? Anxiety? Or a sign they are in the wrong unit? “The famous ’90-9-1’ where 90% only read contributions, 9% contribute moderately and only 1% are active contributors seems to be true for many online communities (Sun, Rau, & Ma, 2014).” Why are they just lurking?