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Appendix 2:<br />

Moderat<strong>in</strong>g a Virtual Sem<strong>in</strong>ar<br />

Differences Between Face-to-Face Sem<strong>in</strong>ars and Virtual Sem<strong>in</strong>ars<br />

In the review the follow<strong>in</strong>g questions are to be answered:<br />

Membership<br />

A. The dialogues (conferences) help me feel like I am a member <strong>of</strong> this group sem<strong>in</strong>ar.<br />

B. The dialogues (conferences) do not help me feel like I am a member <strong>of</strong> this group sem<strong>in</strong>ar.<br />

Mutual Respect<br />

See Paula’s quote from Dr. Peters' book: “Dialogical learn<strong>in</strong>g demands from participants<br />

'partnership, respect, warmth, consideration, elementary understand<strong>in</strong>g, honesty and s<strong>in</strong>cerity'.<br />

(Peters 1998, 2001, p. 33)<br />

A. I experience the qualities quoted above <strong>in</strong> our dialogue (conferences).<br />

B. I do not experience the qualities quoted above <strong>in</strong> our dialogue (conferences).<br />

Learn<strong>in</strong>g Value<br />

A. So far, I have experienced the same learn<strong>in</strong>g value from the virtual dialogue (conferences)<br />

as I would expect from a face-to-face sem<strong>in</strong>ar dialogue.<br />

B. So far, I have experienced less learn<strong>in</strong>g value from the virtual dialogue (conferences) than I<br />

would expect from a face-to-face sem<strong>in</strong>ar dialogue.<br />

C. So far, I have experienced more learn<strong>in</strong>g value from the virtual dialogue (conferences) than<br />

I would expect from a face-to-face sem<strong>in</strong>ar dialogue.<br />

F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Name Membership<br />

A (yes)<br />

Membership<br />

B (no)<br />

Mutual<br />

respect<br />

A (yes)<br />

Mutual<br />

respect<br />

B (no)<br />

Learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

value<br />

A (same)<br />

Learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

v value<br />

B (less)<br />

Kathleen Beckman X<br />

Steven H. Arnold X X X X X<br />

Rhonda L. Black X X X X<br />

Ronald Brown X X X<br />

Paula J. Hubble X X X<br />

Randy Sweet<strong>in</strong>g X X X<br />

Susan M. Thomas X X X<br />

Gerald Thompson X<br />

Jacquel<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Timoney<br />

X X X<br />

Appendix 3:<br />

A Questionnaire for Elicit<strong>in</strong>g an Attitude <strong>of</strong> Self-Evaluation<br />

Dear class members,<br />

Learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

value<br />

C (more)<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ally, I would like to ask you to evaluate yourself as this is the most important element <strong>in</strong><br />

your autonomous learn<strong>in</strong>g process. It is an experiment <strong>in</strong> metacognition. You should be able<br />

to ask yourself: Have I pr<strong>of</strong>ited from module 3? And if so – how far? These are some <strong>of</strong> the<br />

possible answers. You may check whether they apply to you.<br />

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