Please help for Master's class

Ben -

Thanks for joining this network and for posting a very important question. I'm the founder of this site, and I've noticed that several people have asked similar questions and perhaps they are your classmates. Let me provide some guidance on how to elicit responses.

1. There are 10,000 people registered here, but often they do not check the web site. Sometimes messaging people privately is the best way to contact them as the message will go to their email address.

2. Our focus here is on global collaboration. While I'm sure our members can answer a general education question, most people are looking for projects, partners for projects or resources that will help them connect their classrooms to the world. There also is a strong technology focus present in the content here.

3. If you would like people browsing the site to respond, you might want to explain what your assignment is and elaborate on your question. A single question might not be compelling enough for our membership to jump in and discuss. You could write more on your topic, and share your thoughts, and invite others to respond. You could add links to relevant books or articles that influence your beliefs. You also could connect this to a global perspective by asking how motivation differs in students in different cultures.

4. My final piece of unsolicited advice for posting in any internet forum is that if you're asking people to take the time to help you with a project or question, it's also good etiquette to offer something in return. If you're writing a paper, offer to share it or share links to any online resources developed during your course. Those are just a few ideas.

Successful forum posts happen when there is "meat" for people to discuss, when there is structure to a discussion, and when responders can gain something in return for their participation. I hope this make sense!

I'd be curious as to who is your professor is that required you to post here... I'd love to share some of my ideas with him or her in order to make this a more useful experience for you and your classmates. My email is lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com if your professor would like to contact me.

Finally, another network you could try in order to get responses is http://classroom20.com.

Hope this helps,

Lucy Gray

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Lucy Gray May 24, 2012 at 10:46am

Ben -

Thanks for joining this network and for posting a very important question. I'm the founder of this site, and I've noticed that several people have asked similar questions and perhaps they are your classmates. Let me provide some guidance on how to elicit responses.

1. There are 10,000 people registered here, but often they do not check the web site. Sometimes messaging people privately is the best way to contact them as the message will go to their email address.

2. Our focus here is on global collaboration. While I'm sure our members can answer a general education question, most people are looking for projects, partners for projects or resources that will help them connect their classrooms to the world. There also is a strong technology focus present in the content here.

3. If you would like people browsing the site to respond, you might want to explain what your assignment is and elaborate on your question. A single question might not be compelling enough for our membership to jump in and discuss. You could write more on your topic, and share your thoughts, and invite others to respond. You could add links to relevant books or articles that influence your beliefs. You also could connect this to a global perspective by asking how motivation differs in students in different cultures.

4. My final piece of unsolicited advice for posting in any internet forum is that if you're asking people to take the time to help you with a project or question, it's also good etiquette to offer something in return. If you're writing a paper, offer to share it or share links to any online resources developed during your course. Those are just a few ideas.

Successful forum posts happen when there is "meat" for people to discuss, when there is structure to a discussion, and when responders can gain something in return for their participation. I hope this make sense!

I'd be curious as to who is your professor is that required you to post here... I'd love to share some of my ideas with him or her in order to make this a more useful experience for you and your classmates. My email is lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com if your professor would like to contact me.

Finally, another network you could try in order to get responses is http://classroom20.com.

Hope this helps,

Lucy Gray

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