Digital Literacies Final Project.pdf Apr. 2014 | Page 11

Participatory Culture
• With some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by
the most experienced is passed along to novices

When some
students post
questions or
express difficulty
understanding the
lecture or
appreciating the
music, there are
always “informal
mentors” who
would
offer
help.

Here is another
example for informal
mentorship. This is
still a response to Xin
Li’s thread “Can’t
appreciate the V-I
transition. We can
see from the
underlined sentences
that Alex was taking a
role of mentor when
replying Xin’s post.

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