Toward Participatory Journalism
Quote: "So what should news sites be working towards? To borrow a phrase I picked up from Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis at Hypergene MediaBlog, I believe news sites need to start heading towards participatory journalism. What is meant by participatory journalism? To me, the phrase means not only allowing but actively encouraging people to interact with the news."
Comment: Participatory journalism transfers very well to the concept of participatory learning. In both journalism and learning, the model has been one of "I know, now I'll tell you - because you don't know". The notion that the user of learning materials/journalism has a voice and a valued opinion is surprisingly new. Yet, more and more, successful courses/instructors/institutions will need to abolish the viewpoint that the learner is the target of teaching...the learner should be the focus of learning.