Lurking(social learning-Vicarious learning) as an educational approach: Thread

Thanks for initiating interesting debates ( and for introducing Vicarious Learning)
I think following are related >
1) Giacomo Rizzolatti 2) Bandura, 3)Hoffman’s empathy and https://t.co/0S5fYmN4dT 4) Learning Science with Science Fiction Films https://t.co/couOd9Pgyg

— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) July 13, 2020

I got to mesoudi from the work of @GerritsLasse et al .Their paper on landscape model application in social sciences touches may other learning focused papers https://t.co/zQnqmiwtEx

— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 19, 2020

His pov is to create a robust science from scattered approaches by integrating modern methodolocal tools like.. I am still reading into it.
>At a macro level it is about Cultural evolution, Cumulative culture, etc.https://t.co/E74DyXaMsP

— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 19, 2020

Try Terry Mayes on vicarious Learning. (Would send a ref but not had coffee yet.)

— 💧Peter Goodyear (@petergoodyear) July 10, 2020

This looks interesting: "Learning from Watching Others Learn" https://t.co/yEKC9w46S0

Is that the sort of thing you meant, Peter?

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 12, 2020

Ooh, this led me to a bunch of relevant-looking papers like this one by @Lenandlar, @NomadWarMachine and others, framing lurkers as Legitimate Peripheral Participants (LPPs) 🙂https://t.co/mzPuTLf510

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 10, 2020

Also "Exploring lurking behaviors in online social networks" by Andrea Tagarelli

https://t.co/yaqgULgwkL

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 10, 2020

I like thinking of lurking as vicarious learning. Here's something I wrote a long time ago – the paper by Miki Chi that I talk about is so good. https://t.co/ylooII0Uir

— Sarah Honeychurch (@NomadWarMachine) July 10, 2020

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Vicarious interaction: The role of observed online communication in fostering organization-public relationships by Nicole Lee & Trent Seltzer
"..do not have to actively participate in two-way communication …for an observed exchange to have an impact"https://t.co/PSe4CaoYMa

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 10, 2020

I wonder how many people are lurking on this post ?? Great thread and very necessary line of inquiry. I feel the discussion has to be linked to personality traits among a range of other factors…motivations, intentions, agency etc….

— Mitchell Peters (@MitchellPetersM) July 11, 2020

Loads of good insights here, thanks Lesley! I like the link to Creelman (2017) on 'how to engage silent learners and be more inclusive by offering “alternative pathways for learners and ensur[ing] that different competences and learning strategies are recognized” (p. 26).'

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 12, 2020

Thanks! Sun et al. review is useful but follows the trend of assuming that lurking is something we want students to move on from, to participate "properly". What if lurking is the right approach for some students in some forums? What if they do active engagement somewhere else?

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 10, 2020

Indeed. When we designed the FutureLearn platform we assumed from previous MOOC platforms that most users would be lurkers, so we made it easy to learn vicariously, by having visible easy-to-view 'water cooler' conversations alongside the content.

— Mike Sharples (@sharplm) July 10, 2020

Yes. And the term 'lurker' suggests passivity, but lurking can involve active learning from the perspectives of peers around the world. As one FutureLearn learner put it – most courses are 2-D, the discussions make them 3-D.

— Mike Sharples (@sharplm) July 11, 2020

Hi Steve. This research has been discredited and is problematic. See this for example:https://t.co/WiCBfp0kBS.

We need to stop promoting learning styles and look to more nuanced understandings of how people learn.

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 11, 2020

Yep! Thanks, but @DrJoannaT beat you to it 🙂https://t.co/iudDYGHqaO

PS I don't like the term "lurking", but some articles have used it to turn it on its head (see various branches of this thread).

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 13, 2020

That is interesting. The idea that one's agency to "lurk" or to remove oneself entirely from a conversation can be shaped by the platform (and the ways it is used). A bit like how attributing grades to discussion posts is also a way to constrain agency?

— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) July 13, 2020

Bandura is a good start. https://t.co/QuHKaqaClI

— Viviana Cáceres (@vivicaceres9) July 10, 2020

Yes, they go a way back, but Preece et al., 2004, ‘top 5 reasons for lurking’ and Dennen 2008, ‘pedagogical lurking’. Useful refs on both.

— Jo Stroud (@JoStroud) July 10, 2020

Crawford, K. (2011). Listening, not lurking: The neglected form of participation. In H. Greif, L. Hjorth, A. Lasen, & C. Lobet-Maris (Eds.), Cultures of Participation: Media Practices, Politics, and Literacy (pp. 63-76): Peter Lang.

— Annie Wilhelm (@MathAnnieG) July 10, 2020