You may have been to a traditional conference with a poster session. Here large posters are created and displayed to share information about academic research. Learners may want…
Using the discussion forum for sharing ideas or brainstorming about an issue is another opportunity to encourage innovation. Here learners could be encouraged to share and also to…
Discussions may also be a great opportunity for learners to share their work and have their peers review it. This peer review of the learners’ composition could offer…
Discussions are often a standard requirement in an online class. Traditionally a question is posed by the instructor, learners respond to the question and then reply to a…
Perhaps you know an expert who would be interested in sharing their expertise by participating or leading a discussion with learners. This would allow learners an opportunity to…
The instructor may have a case study they would like to focus a discussion on. Here the instructor would share the case study and learners would have an…
Just like discussions in face-to-face settings, occasionally you will run into one of two problems in threaded online discussions: Students won’t talk Students just swap personal opinions If…