Message posting Or dialogue?:

Video abstract of Message posting Or dialogue?: On the dialectics of on-line practice in adult education.. Published in Seminar.net Vol. 1, No. 1 (2005)

This paper examines on-line communication in liberal adult education. It highlights the problematic space between message posting and the promotion of dialogue. Conference software in Swedish adult education is widely based on message posting. But can message posting also foster the democratic practices associated with reasoned discussion or dialogue?