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Reflections within reflections within reflections within reflections.

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Reflections within reflections within reflections within reflections.

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This netnography has been developed within the same tool (Padlet) as prescribed on the MOOC for sharing ideas and concepts on colour. Links to this ethnography have been shared within the MOOC community commentary so any participants will see a reflection of their community and MOOC. No comments so far. So does this reflect a general malaise from the community about being studied in this way? Or does this prove that no real community actually exists at all apart from a few minor networked, timing sequenced groupings that may or maynot stumble upon it? What if a lone participant follows the link in weeks or months after this MOOC has run its delivery schedule - are they part of the community and does thier opinion count?

Question: Does a cMOOX atrophy in to a xMOOC when all the semi-synchronous components are done?
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'As personal details and stories are shared, cultural cohesion ripens and empathy blooms. A group structure of power and status relationships is learned. What began primarily as a search for information transforms into a source of community and understanding' (Kozinet, 1999).

While this may be been true of some communities, MOOCs of this size simply don't have the intimacy to enable it. In fact, it has about as much chance of creating it as being at a music concert - there is certainly a shared interest but the sheer volume of noise and other people shouting that one cant connect with others unless they are very close (known to you already) or you find some marginal common interest only because of the close timing of your interaction.

The greater relationship development process stalls ....

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'The learners are achieving their own goals setting, their own pace and sequencing anyway they want to'

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'A little more conversation, a little less action please.." - Elvis

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'A little more conversation, a little less action please.." - Elvis

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Prolific once off commentary but very low instances of meaningful conversation and discussion. That which does occur is mostly driven by the lead educators.
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So sorry, but that is not what I ordered.

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So sorry, but that is not what I ordered.

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Much of the commentary of this MOOC centers around the use of colors in interior design. Indeed, the SME's mostly hail from this background too so the discourse always comes back to this topic. Industry expert interviews also reflect that. A case of false advertising?

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Multi modal use of various tools such as Padlet encourages sharing and expression on a level other than purely text. By doing so the participants develop personas that are more evolved than just the written word.

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'...online experiences are determined by social reality, by material resources, by gender, sexuality, and race. In short by material, economic and political structures' (Lister, 2009)

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"DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED?"

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"DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED?"

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Its clear, in many instances, that this MOOC is being used for many other purposes than which it was originally intended.

Some participants are:
...practicing writing styles
...developing written English
...just looking for ideas

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Sharing colour vision results - community building 

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Sharing colour vision results - community building 

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Sharing of results occurs but very little real connectivism taking place:

Cruising...
"...weaker social relationships and the low centrality of any particular  kind of consumption activity.." (Kozinet, 2009)

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Several participants voiced their displeasure at attempts to illicit more information about them?

"The drive for technologies that facilitate our 'community learning' have simultaneously embroiled education in a Silicon Valley culture, motivated by data acquisition and profit" (Knox, 2015)

Comments:
"Mmm... that download strikes me as a data harvesting exercise. Needless to say, I didn't bite"

"Although I would have liked the magazine, I'm afraid they are asking for way too much information. Why is date of birth required and postcode for instance. I won't be downloading"

"Cannot access the magazing, never mind hate spam and rubbish being sent to me which you need to sign up to"

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This is a first world MOOC - Europe dominates the culture

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This is a first world MOOC - Europe dominates the culture

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"...online experiences are determined by social reality, by material resources. by gender,sexuality, race. In short by material, economic and political structures' (Lister, 2009)

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Question: Does an overwhelming representation by a particular, gender, ethnicity, culture, nationality, orientation or any other kind of bias affect community development & sustainability?

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"This will help me in my work"

"Im taking this course purely out of interest in the subject of colour - I love it!"

"Just to to foster some creativity.."

"Im a photographer so an appreciation of colour is something I have to be aware of."

"I'm a filmmaker, I would like to improve my perception of colors in order to compose better and prettier images on my films"

" I am a game developer interested in knowing more about colors, how to mix them and how they can affect people in a conscious and unconscious level"

"I am a pharmacist actually but I am really giving my passion to the art"

Here be Newbies! '...lack strong social ties to the group and maintain only a superficial or passing interest in the consumption activity itself and have relatively weak abilities and skills (Kozinet, 2009)

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...regular students
...graphic designers
...interior decorators
...a linguist
...a garden designer
...a classical Italian painter
...an Investment Banker with a degree in Mathematics(!)
...students of English
(Image: Getty Images - Chris Corr)

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A Future Learn MOOC developed by the KLC School of Design