Hi, I’ve been using computer conferencing systems and forums since the early 1980s, and am one of the founders of online education in the world.. I teach online, engage students in collaborative learning and teamwork online, as well as conduct research, publish my studies, and have also built the …

Hi Linda, Here is my attempt at your questions, I do have a bit of trouble framing some of them into Discourse concepts, but here is my shot nonetheless. [image] eLinda: Are messages in a topic numbered? Yes they are, we do not expose this in the UI, if you click the link glyph under the po…

Hi, Linda. I started grad school in Instructional Technology at Vanderbilt 1995 (back in the days when Bransford, Kinser were there) and remember your work. I left academics for my wife to take a tenure-track position. She does Discourse analysis and uses Discursive Psychology. I have some experienc…

Dear Sam, Thank you for your time and generosity in responding to my questions. I have been in the field of online education and discourse for over 30 years, and I have seen and used many systems. I am not a techie but an educator and researcher of online discourse, so I apologize for my simplisiti…

Dear Jay, Thank you for your thoughtful responses to my questions. It is a pleasure to have responses from someone who knows both the technology, as well as having insights into the educational applications. This is a real treat. As you may know I am one of the inventors of online education, havi…

It’s great to have someone systematically assess discourse for use in education. You might also be interested in this topic about discourse in academia more broadly: [image] Discourse for Academic Use Features (Done and to be Done) Feature I want to have a spe…

[image] eLinda: message number helps the student discussants locate where they are in the seminar, understand the size of the seminar to date, and determine their pace of participation I think Discourse accomplishes that with the “page navigation” widget on the right. It shows the number of t…

[image] sam: Yes they are, we do not expose this in the UI, if you click the link glyph under the post, :link: you can see a link to a specific post with the post number. Actually, Discourse does expose post number within each topic: It’s in the slider widgets on the right side of the scr…

[image] downey: It’s in the slider widgets on the right side of the screen. Your post was 2/7 (at the time before I made my reply). Kinda, because the scroll bar numbers are relative since they don’t count whispers, deletions, etc.

[image] eLinda: So Jay, I would very much like your assistance in helping me to consider transferring my online courses to @Discourse . That’s what I do for a living these days, @eLinda ! Please contact support@literatecomputing.com and we can discuss how I can help. Here’s a syllabus that I u…

We use this even though the more astute may notice a sequence discrepancy (eg. 3 and 4 are missing in this topic) * disregard the red box, that’s a link highlighter a.post-date:after { content: " #" attr(data-post-number); } [post-number]

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downey (Michael Downey) April 24, 2018, 4:48pm 10

Actually, Discourse does expose post number within each topic:

It’s in the slider widgets on the right side of the screen. Your post was 2/7 (at the time before I made my reply).
It’s listed in the editor when I quoted you, above.

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