Be forewarned: a Twilight vampire dons the Emperor's new clothes! Indeed,
major lurker here, and my reason for doing so is my schedule which is
comprised of two book contracts, teaching four college writing classes,
running an online business, (including content development, search engine
optimization, and site design), and finally, a part time job in search
marketing. Thus, I am always in skim mode and never feel qualified to
comment. I would love to be able to give more thorough reads to the posts,
but I simply can't because of their length.  

Is there any way to create some sort of summary document? Perhaps someone
else out there might benefit from that as well? I've read enough to know
this is great stuff being discussed here, I am just too (unfortunately)
embroiled in the digital kaleidoscope to take the time these posts require.

Thanks  for hearing me out.
My best,
Mary Anne Donovan 

-----Original Message-----
From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Katrina Hinson
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:04 AM
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 1995] Re: {Disarmed} Re: Participation Inequality

But maybe that's just it -  sometime is not about participating in the
discussion but adding to the discussion - and you can do that in a number of
ways. The first one, is by sharing HOW you used something you learned on the
list. Reflect on it, and then post it to the group and say, "You know, that
was a great idea so and so had several weeks ago and I've tried it with this
group or that group and this worked and that didn't."  Perhaps by engaging
in a dialogue about what we are actually using and taking away from the
group, as well as how we're using it, modifying it to fit the programs we
are in, etc., we get a better and more active dialogue from more than just a
few members.

I think everyone lurks from time to time - some posts are going to be valid
and useful to some and not others - but we can all think about the ideas
we've actually taken away from a particular conversation and to ensure we
continue the conversations sharing how we've used it we may find that these
lists are very very useful and we begin to support that through practice and
not just what may appear to be sporadic postings by a few. 

Just some thoughts.

Regards,
Katrina Hinson


>>> <dcingeorgia at aol.com> 07/10/09 6:58 PM >>>

I have never considered myself a lurker, though I have not contributed to
this listserv - most of the time, those who do respond posted a response
that covers what I would have said, so, I don't know that I think it
behooves any of us to say "ditto" to the last response and fill everyone's
mailbox with "I think that same way".? Am I wrong in this - would it help
"the cause" to respond even if my response would be the same as another's
views?? I use the information I receive all the time unaware that I?was a
"lurker".







-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie A. Taylor <jackie at jataylor.net>
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Sent: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 11:25 am
Subject: [Assessment 1988] Participation Inequality



Hi Phyllis, and all,

Phyllis, you wrote:

"I'm going to guess that there is a huge audience with a tiny percentage
that actually post.  I don't think the percentages are necessarily
representative of interest!"

I thought you'd like to see this report from Jacob Nielsen on
"Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute":

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html

"Summary: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never
contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for
almost all the action."

He goes on to discuss the downsides of participation inequality and
strategies online facilitators could use (given that the community has
access to the tools) to make participation easier and more equal.

I'd be interested in others' reactions to this report and how some of it
may, well, pertain to us!

Best...Jackie

Jackie Taylor, PD List Facilitator, jackie at jataylor.net 
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