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FutureU.Com Home FutureU's Guidelines for Communities of Inquiry and Practice The tools of virtual collaboration and e-learning will help us meet the challenges of today's rapidly changing business world. And foremost among those tools is online discussion forums. One of FutureU's jobs is to provide discussion forums that are a safe place to communicate what's on our client's and customer's minds, deepening our learning and improving the effectiveness of our communications. To help create this open and friendly environment, whether using forum software provided by FutureU or something from within your own organization, we ask that all participants agree to the following community norms. Our norms will evolve as the community grows but let's begin with the following agreements. First, by participating in the FutureU Online Learning Exchange I agree that each participant's words are their own but that, together, we are creating meaning to be shared by all of us. I further agree to...
A note about etiquette. Keep in mind that comments entered in hasty reaction to someone else's posting will be available to be read long after you have entered them. So it is wise to exercise moderation and tolerance. If you feel yourself writing a note in anger or some other negative emotion, don't send it. Wait a day and then rewrite it from a more neutral place, if at all. To read FutureU's guide to "Netiquette (Internet Etiquette)" click here. Finally, participants are bound by legal restrictions that are an unfortunate requirement of today's pirate-mad and lawsuit-happy environment. The "Terms & Conditions of Use" basically say that participants will respect FutureU's intellectual property rights and will behave toward each other with the decency and manners that will avoid legal conflicts among participants or between FutureU and participants.
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