My ethnography – A community with a focus

My micro-ethnography artefact is available here.

I feel that my ethnography on the MOOC ‘Launching Innovation in Schools’ is a mixture of different things, some statistical data, an evaluation of posts, use of language and some personal observations. I did feel at one point that I spent more time than necessary on the statistical data but I found that patterns in replies and activity between participants shed some light on the type of community that was (and is still) forming. I decided to choose a discussion around a video thread that seemed to have more activity than other threads.

Over the last few weeks, I did feel like I ‘ like discovering a cozy
little world that had been flourishing without me, hidden within the walls of my house’ Rheingold (2000). Accessing the MOOC every few days or receiving reminders of posts on my mobile every few days did feel like being part of something else. I felt that my MOOC was ‘a community of practice’ more than anything else but the depth of experience expressed was enlightening and comforting at the same time in my profession.

References:

Rheingold, H. (2000). The Virtual Community. Available at:http://www.caracci.net/dispense_enna/The%20Virtual%20Community%20by%20Howard%20Rheingold_%20Table%20of%20Contents.pdf. Accessed (1st March 2020).

References used in ethnography:

Lister, Martin … [et al.], (2009) “Chapter 3. Networks, users and economics” from Martin Lister … [et al.], New media: a critical introduction pp.163-236, London: Routledge

Kozinets, R. V. (2010) . Chapter 2: ‘Understanding Culture Online’ Netnograpghy: doing ethnographic research online. London: Sage. pp.21-40.

Kozinets, R. V. (2018). Netnography: Robert Kozinets. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8axfYomJn4. (Accessed: 27th February 2020)

Bibliography:

Harrison, R. & Michael, T. (2009) Identity in Online Communities: Social Networking Sites and Language Learning Identity in Online Communities: Social Networking Sites and Language Learning. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265631150_Identity_in_Online_Communities_Social_Networking_Sites_and_Language_Learning_Identity_in_Online_Communities_Social_Networking_Sites_and_Language_Learning. (Accessed: 25th February 2020).

Knox, J., (2013). Five critiques of the open educational resources movement. Teaching in higher education, 18(8), pp.821-823.

Vasilescu, B., Capillupi, A. & Serebrenik, A. (2012) Gender representation and online participation. A Quantitative study. Availabale at: https://bvasiles.github.io/papers/iwc13.pdf. (Accessed: 25th February 2020).

 

a16z Podcast: Community and Culture, Online by a16z

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We’re so used to thinking of “community” as our friends, families, and neighbors. But what a community is, and who it is made of, has changed thanks to the internet, and without our noticing it. What happens when online communities — really, new subcultures — form primarily around interests, not just personal relationships?

Featuring VP of Product at Reddit Alex Le, CEO of Rabbit Michael Temkin, and CEO and co-founder of HVMN Geoffrey Woo — in conversation with a16z general partner Chris Dixon — this episode of the a16z Podcast is based on a discussion that took place at a16z’s annual Summit in November 2017. As communities of strangers and activities connect online and offline in new and different ways, what else changes?

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