Monday, November 2, 2009

Week 5-2: Different People, Digital World

A minority group that can make use of Internet to reduce alienation and prejudice might be students that for some reason do not come to campus very often. Our study program is also a version of this situation and the alienation is already minimized by different means - video conference, blogosphere, forums and chat. The students taking part of programs that are not aimed as IMKE is, could also benefit when the possibilities of network would be used intensely.

I found a study on this problem stating that the students who come to campus once a week or even less are therefore cut off of the intellectual community on campus. The study is called Implementation of an Online Intellectual Community in a Graduate Educational Setting and has been carried out in Claremont Graduate University. To see the importance and test the means for providing better communication online environment was settled and tested. The results showed that the students were very satisfied and felt stong connection towards other members after being active in the environment.

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