Jamie Wood I just had a post published on the ALTC (Association for Learning Technology) blog in which I share a few observations on what it means when students engage in ‘discussion’ when annotating digital texts online.
Here is the opening to the blog:
While social annotation can be an effective means of engaging students in reading collaboratively, I have noticed that they can be reluctant to discuss readings with one another. Instead, there is a tendency to interact more indirectly, for which I propose a number of reasons. I close by observing that the discursive practices of students in social annotation are not unlike those that are observable in face-to-face classes and suggest that more explicit training is a potential means of increasing direct interaction.
You can read the full post here: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/indirect-discussion-and-interaction-in-social-annotation/
Reference: Jamie Wood, Indirect discussion and interaction in social annotation, ALTC Blog, September 17 2024.