Baym definition of Community is shared practice of the same values and interest. Online bloggers are there for mostly conversation and interaction on different levels. Shared space is acquired to enhance the ability for others to share ideas and interest that may be helpful or inquiring.
The difference between community and a person is that community identifies grouping and random singles out bloggers that lurk in and out from time to time. Being a part of a community occupies great space that endures long hours at a time. Then, being a random participate only put in maybe 30 minutes here and there, with no intent or interest at all.
Community involvement helps to connects to other people that are blogging on the web. This is done by creating a web page that allows you to sign in online with a user name to identify a specific page. After this is establish anybody that has a page can view your page and send messages. This allows interaction between grouping online.
By taking this class allows me to be a first time member of online community. I always hated to communicage online. I think it is too time consuming. I could be doing something more important. I do enjoy this class thought, it introduce to me a broader outlook on online communication. I may not create page,but I will know what the do's and don't are. Most important not to post personal information online that will hurt my identity. Also, not to trust every Sue, Ann or Pat.
Online community fits into our social lives by exchanging personal informatin back and forth online. Sometimes we exchange too much personal information to strangers that we don't know. Online community allows us to ask questions and to create a relationship online without face to face contact.
It's interesting that you say being in this class is like being in an online community. Have you ever felt a sense of community in f2f classes? Has anyone else? Is this class really a "community"?
ReplyDeleteI think this class is a community in a sense. In many ways it is more of an honest environment than some other online chat rooms because our common ground is material presented. It doesn't seem that the sense of community will grow to where we would expand outside of this class and start a chat room or anything but for the most part for this semester there is communication among intrested, engaged students among this virtual community.
ReplyDeleteI believe this class is also a community. We took this online class to another level with video chatting and really getting involved in our online conversations. Sometimes I feel like I am in a class room.
ReplyDeletei think that this is absolutely a community. we all interact with one another in our blog posts, comments, and chat sessions. Interaction is an integral part of a community. Our blog posts give the class an opportunity to start "conversations" with each other and try to learn and grow from one another.
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