Being away in the middle of the course is not ideal, but I have come back to a rich tapestry of ideas and a wealth of posts to catch up on. The interesting thing is that most of these are in the Journals forum - which is an unmoderated forum. This makes me wonder whether participants/students are better left to just get on with it and follow their own lines of discussion according to their own interests. Of course I know that this is oversimplifying the complexity of the situation, but it does make me question the role of the tutor - and how the tutor knows when to step in and when to stand back.I suppose that ultimately this is down to professional judgement. I would love to leap into all this discussion and add my own ideas, but given that it has all developed in my absence, my gut feeling is that it would be inappropriate to now start posting.
I think I'll stand back for a few days and see how things develop. If I was a participant on the course and not a tutor, I would definitely be posting responses to the questions raised. So as tutors are we always on the edge of the social learning process?
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