Comments on: Negotiation of meaning http://www.stephenp.net/2004/05/04/negotiation-of-meaning/ A specialist in inquiry-based, work-focussed, online supported learning Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Shirley http://www.stephenp.net/2004/05/04/negotiation-of-meaning/#comment-38 Shirley Tue, 04 May 2004 21:15:26 +0000 http://69.89.27.211/~stephep6/blog/2004/05/04/negotiation-of-meaning/#comment-38 Some times I wonder if reaching consensus is really any easier f2f - its still the dominant voices who manage to get meaning negotiated in their favour. I used to think that online discussions are more democratic, but now I'm beginning to wonder if it isn't all an illusion. Perhaps light interventions are less frequent online because of the technology (power up, log in etc) but also are open to misinterpretation. There seems to be more need to explain, to make up for the lack of body language clues. Some times I wonder if reaching consensus is really any easier f2f - its still the dominant voices who manage to get meaning negotiated in their favour. I used to think that online discussions are more democratic, but now I’m beginning to wonder if it isn’t all an illusion.

Perhaps light interventions are less frequent online because of the technology (power up, log in etc) but also are open to misinterpretation. There seems to be more need to explain, to make up for the lack of body language clues.

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