by Mendi Benigni | Nov 10, 2020 | Best Practices, discussion, engagement
Did you know that you can direct the students to comment in a certain medium in VoiceThread (VT)? Say, for instance, you only want them to do video comments, but inevitably you have those students who ignore in the instructions and only type their comments. Well,...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 8, 2020 | Collaboration, discussion, OAKS
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...
by Mendi Benigni | Mar 2, 2020 | Assessment, Best Practices, discussion
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by Mendi Benigni | Feb 11, 2020 | Collaboration, discussion
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...
by Jessica Smith | Apr 19, 2019 | Best Practices, discussion, Pedagogy, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
“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...
by Mendi Benigni | Jan 7, 2019 | Collaboration, discussion, Video
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...