Hi Mary Anne,

Thanks for your post.  Yes, summary documents - or we Moderators call
them transcripts - are indeed very useful.  Every formal guest
discussion does have the discussion transcripts posted at the LINCS
Archives (go to:  http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html
and click on List Events in the right-hand toolbar).  

However, putting together transcripts can be very time-consuming and so
it's not really possible to do this with each discussion.  Some
discussion transcripts from the past on this List are in fact archived
at the ALE Wiki (http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page -
click on Assessment Information), but I have not been able to keep up
with that.  

A couple other folks have noted that we do have the List archives and
they are searchable by subject, date or author.  These are very valuable
and I would love to hear from people if they use them and how.  

Marie

-----Original Message-----
From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Maryanne Donovan
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:18 PM
To: 'The Assessment Discussion List'
Subject: [Assessment 1996] Re: {Disarmed} Re: Participation Inequality

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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