Another student was less circumspect: “I’m very cautious about what I write on there. I just don’t want people to steal my ideas” (Student, 2009).
Neither student demonstrates an understanding of the value that may be gained from sharing and exploring ideas together. Additionally, the accusatory way of speaking about other students in the same cohort suggests a very strategic approach to knowledge. This lack of knowing and sense that sharing is copying suggests a lack of trust in how students are working with each other. A discussion of this approach may have been useful as a topic early on in the forums to challenge these ideas.