silent participation - valu

Joni Falk (Joni_Falk@TERC.EDU <Joni_Falk@TERC.EDU>)
13 Dec 1995 12:06:17 -0400 

I would like to respond  to comments regarding silent participants (I prefer
this term to lurkers). I have recently heard from several PIs who have been
active readers but have chosen not to post. In many cases these participants
have gotton much out of the discussion and have shared information with
colleagues. In some cases these readers have made personal contact with
people who have posted. Clearly, it is important to post ideas or there would
be little to share. However, the value that people have gotten from the list
often extends to offline conversations. We are very interested in finding out
how these conversations are of value to all participants, both those that
post and those that do not. Of course, it goes without saying, there is a
value in the entire community of PIs who are currently participating (119 PIs
at last count) whether or not they are actively posting. 
Joni Falk


Date: 12/13/95 9:46 AM
To: Joni Falk
From: TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu <TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu>
Presumably, there is a list of all those who are signed on to this TEECH 
listserver and that would be an appropriate list for the NSF and Dr. Hamner. 

Participation should not be the criterion, since many "lurkers" simply didn't

have the time (as we have learned in recent communiques) to participate (or
feel 
the necessity to clutter the e-waves with redundant stuff).

Jerry Bell
Project Alliance--Integrated Environmental Science and Technology Education
for 
Middle Grade Teachers (in teams from 20 schools in VA, MD, DC, PA, and WV).
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(See SCIENCE, 30 September 1994, page 2114.)
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>I read the request from Dr. Haney of NSF for a list of participants.  An 
>email address list of participating PIs could be useful to all of us for 
>future communications and mutual support.

>William Hamner
>UCLA


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