Dimensions of openness in education/Introduction to open education/FAQs

Wouldn't it be easier to use a standard forum for participant introductions?
Yes it would be easier for many participants to post introductions on a course forum. However, this would not scale well for courses with hundreds of participants. It's far easier to link to an existing profile on the web and we want to encourage new users to populate their userpages in the wiki. More importantly, this course focuses on developing digital skills and we know from data we have collected that few educators working in the formal sector are familiar with blog technology and how aggregated course feeds work. Using your course blog to introduce yourself to fellow participants is a useful way for newbies to familiarise themselves with the technologies we are using on this course before progressing with more substantive tasks.

Could my question appear here?
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