Online Discussion Guides for Instructor & Student Success
As you’ve probably figured out by now, online discussions are not the same as discussions in your face-to-face class. They don’t happen as organically and do require a bit of planning and work to be successful. Below are two guides to help you, and your...
A Guide for Engaging Discussions
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Tech Tip Tuesday: Communicate in a New Way in OAKS
In our OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) classes there are often two types of communication: detailed and thoughtful discussions and class questions and answers. While the Discussion tool is great for the first type of communication, it’s less effective for the Q&A...
Small Teaching Tip #16: Structured Discussion Formats
“I’m tired of looking out at a sea of blank faces.” “There’s nothing but crickets when I try to get a discussion going.” “It’s like talking to a brick wall!” How many times have you lamented the quality of discussions in your classes? Facilitating engaging...
#OneNewThing: FlipGrid – lots of new features and totally FREE!
FlipGrid is a video discussion platform that allows the professor or teacher to create a topic and the students to respond to that topic via video. It can be used to: hold online discussions, practice languages or public speaking, hold online debates, create class...Stay In The Loop!
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