Improving the Discussion Board - Lehigh University. A Learning Community The Intellectual "Constitution" of Our Course "The visible heart of our community is the discussion board" I believe that interaction and community are essential elements of successful learning. I believe that we must be active learners. So, I want you to think of this course as a "community of learners. " Which means not thinking of ourselves as isolated individuals, here just to be personally credentialed, and in some way in competition with others.
A community is a group of people working together toward a shared goal. In a "community," members actively participate in the task at hand, respect each other, pool their diverse knowledge and skills, carry out their responsibilities in timely fashion, and acknowledge each other's efforts. An active sense of responsibility to the group is the hallmark of a good community member. In a community of learners, students look to each other for intellectual stimulation and growth as much as or even more than to the teacher. S brainstorms: rheingoldian writing. CETS 2011, Keeley Sorokti, handout for Case Study: Creating a Colla... People Who Provide No Social Support At Work Have No Work Engagement. By Shawn Achor | 3:00 PM July 27, 2011 The greatest metric for predicting job satisfaction and engagement is the social support perceived by the employee. And job satisfaction and engagement directly correlate with productivity. So the best and fastest way to more connected and therefore more productive is to receive more social support from others at work, right?
Not so fast. Some of the greatest discoveries in psychology occur when we decide to ask questions in a different way. I had already found that social support was incredibly important. We put warning labels on smoking packs; maybe we should put warnings on companies that have low social support. Since social support is crucial if you want to raise your brain’s happiness or productivity, we set out to test the amount of support you feel in your life. So what’s the problem? The past two decades of research on social support has mistakenly focused on how much social support you receive, not how much social support you provide. My Bright Idea: Robin Dunbar Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles". 3 Necessary Conditions for Human Cooperation. Natural surveillance. Natural surveillance is a term used in "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design" (CPTED) models for crime prevention.
These models rely on the ability to influence offender decisions preceding criminal acts. Research into criminal behavior demonstrates that the decision to offend or not to offend is more influenced by cues to the perceived risk of being caught than by cues to reward or ease of entry. Consistent with this research CPTED based strategies emphasize enhancing the perceived risk of detection and apprehension. Natural surveillance limits the opportunity for crime by taking steps to increase the perception that people can be seen. Natural surveillance occurs by designing the placement of physical features, activities and people in such a way as to maximize visibility and foster positive social interaction. Any architectural design that enhances the chance that a potential offender will be, or might be, seen is a form of natural surveillance.
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