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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
This is a goodish paper describing five strategies for creating engagement in an online environment (though I am not fond of the examples involving 'Walter', which seem forced and fake). The five strategies are: timliness or immediacy, knowledge of the technology, using student names, creating community, and being personable. More articles are available from the current issue of OJDLA.

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