Aims

Participants will review and discuss effective practices for designing online discussion-based activities that align with course learning aims, engaging students in activities/assignments that let them explore, apply, demonstrate, stretch, and share their learning with peers and instructors.
Following the 11 November, participants will consider the roles that feedback and evaluation play in discussion-based learning activities.

Resources

So that participants might consider both learning theory and discussion strategies, the pre-webinar resources address learning in an online context, and showcase examples of low, medium and higher stakes discussion-based learning activities. The following resources are collected together in a Google Drive folder at z.umn.edu/Module3folder:

The Art and Science of Successful Online Discussions - 3 pgs
Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology, Miller - 3 excerpts, totaling 9 pgs
Generating and Facilitating Effective Online Discussions - 7 magazine style pages
Re-Imagining Discussion Boards as Interactive Spaces - 3 pg excerpt
Discussion Post Assignment - Marilea example - 2 pgs
How Many Faculty Discussion Posts Each Week? - 2 pgs
Planning and Facilitating Online Discussions ~ 6 minutes

Webinar Resources