{"id":647,"date":"2023-07-24T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2024\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=647"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:20:34","slug":"lurkers-in-the-fashion-business-school-a-study-of-learning-participation-in-online-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/event\/lurkers-in-the-fashion-business-school-a-study-of-learning-participation-in-online-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lurkers\u2019 in the Fashion Business School: A study of learning participation in Online Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Session time is listed in BST. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?msg=\u2018Lurkers\u2019+in+the+Fashion+Business+School%3A+A+study+of+learning+participation+in+Online+Classrooms&amp;iso=20230921T1620&amp;p1=136&amp;am=30\">Check your local time zone.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This dissertation researches learning in online classrooms.\u00a0Those who participate are known as \u2018posters\u2019, those who\u00a0remain silent, \u2018lurkers\u2019. Online learning has grown\u00a0exponentially since 2020, due to Covid-19 and use of\u00a0technology. Education can be accessed via internet\u00a0platforms in real-time or asynchronously. This began as a\u00a0portfolio of how I taught online, grew to a pilot study and\u00a0then to an investigation focusing on those who identify as\u00a0\u2018lurkers\u2019 to understand how they learn. The methodology\u00a0follows an interpretivist approach. This was deliberate to\u00a0give qualitative insight to balance the abundance of\u00a0existing quantitative data which is often biased presenting\u00a0a negative view of those who only participate infrequently,\u00a0or not at all<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:\u00a0<\/strong>Stephanie Liberman, Senior Lecturer (London College of Fashion (UAL))<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session type:<\/strong> Case Study<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Session time is listed in BST. Check your local time zone. This dissertation researches learning in online classrooms.\u00a0Those who participate are known as \u2018posters\u2019, those who\u00a0remain silent, \u2018lurkers\u2019. 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