his asynchronous form of discussing a text creates room for different participants, including socially inhibited and marginalized voices, to contribute without being interrupted or excluded by others.
I really like this point. Just by my own use in this exercise, I'm finding out that I'm replying to my colleagues with affirmations and thanks. I see this also enhancing community building :-)
Twitter slow chats
Never heard of "twitter slow chats" Can someone explain what this is? Thanks!
nurturing online networks
"Nurturing online networks" = I love how nurture is placed first!
promot[ing] learners’ self-management, creativity and working in teams”
Hate to be the pessimist, but as a faculty member, these are the three things that are really challenging to make student appreciate, especially in fully online courses = self-management (not slacking in async space), creativity ("just tell me what I need to do") and working in teams (this usually gets dinged in my evals).
content-centric to process-centric, teacher-centric to learner-centric, and practices that are primarily for pedagogical purposes to primarily for social justice (Bali 2017).
Reading this also reminds me of an article that along with content, teacher, and student interaction, we should consider "interface" = which tech and what tech is being use to deliver the knowledge & material.