I would say that you could relate the theory of a CofP to the new media culture unit that we are currently doing. At first I debated relating it to a CofP as I thought a CofP is when you dont have to report back to someone, but with this unit I think that perhaps we are reporting back to someone? As the tutors do want to know we are doing the work etc? (Reporting back by posting blogs so they know we are doing it I mean)
HOWEVER, I then thought actually, we did decide to come to University, therfor we decided to come to learn more about something - which is something that is important for a CofP and also we arent really 'reporting' back to the tutors, they are more so helping us to expand our learning by checking our blogs, and also, the tutors arent really coming across as having a really higher up status than us, they're just more playing the role of contributors to our learning. So baring that in mind,
I would say our joint enterprise is to learn about new media. Our goal's are all the same, to reach a certain standard via blogging each week, by sharing 'learning' thoughts on each others blogs and help expand each others learning.
I think that the experts are obviously firstly the tutors, but I dont think it is just them. I think there is the people who have done all the readings reccomended and all the tasks would be considered as an expert against those who havent done any readings and havent hardly done any blogging.
I guess newcomers could perhaps be classed as those students who havent posted anything than are suddenly starting to 'splurge' as Dave put it in todays lecture! They wouldnt really know our way of communicating through the blogs etc, so might not know what language to use (an example being they might come on and post a really big-worded blog, where as most of us now have established that the enjoyment of the blogging is the fact that it isnt really big worded, also they might post really lengthy posts - which again, we have learnt is best not to do!)
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Good stuff, expertise in this case could be lots of experience of online sites, pastimes etc. I know nothing of WarHammer, but a student who did, might be able to use that experience to inform the rest of us about how it fits into, or contradicts various theorists' ideas?
This unit is great in as much as many students will have more experience to draw upon than the tutors!
RINCY
Thats true Dave, lot's of us are able to learn from each other by doing this unit online, more so than we would in real life seminars etc.
We are also able to teach the tutors a few things whilst having them all teach us something too.
Thats true Dave, lot's of us are able to learn from each other by doing this unit online, more so than we would in real life seminars etc.
We are also able to teach the tutors a few things whilst having them all teach us something too.
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