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Hi Denise Although I teach at a distance education university, I also “live” in xmca :-) A group like this doesn´t appear with a “click”. This community has very interesting, solidary and supportive people with high scientific level. And, of course, this is an important *place* in my daily routine. Best, Luísa On 23 August 2011 06:28, Newnham Denise <dsnewnham@bluewin.ch> wrote: > HI all xmca's > > I am doing my PhD with Bath and live in Switzerland that means that I spend > many hours alone in front of books and texts attempting to understand what > is going on. It is extremely lonely at times and although the collective > learning can be understood to come through the words of the authors there > are no minds to bounce off. I would really like to thank all xmca's for > their interesting and mind opening debates. Sometimes when I am stuck > suddenly someone writes on just that problem area. These debates are what > makes me keep going and where I feel that I belong to a collective mind. > > > > I actually recommend to distance learning institutions to do something > similar even if it is only internal, it is really psychologically > (cognitive etc) a great help and comfort. > > > > Thank you all > > Denise > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > -- Luísa Aires Universidade Aberta, Delegação do Porto R.Ameal, nº 752 4200-055 Porto laires@univ-ab.pt __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca