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Content tagged: discussion boards

Should You Let Students Lead Discussion Boards?

Article: Friday, December 11th, 2009

Several years ago, a colleague suggested that having students lead discussions in the online classroom would be a good idea. I agreed and searched the literature for research on this ... Read full story »

Reaching Online Students with Learning Disabilities

Article: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Students with disabilities are drawn to online courses for many of the same reasons as everyone else, but it’s often the anonymity that makes learning online particularly attractive to someone ... Read full story »

Online Design: Reaching Students Eight Different Ways

Article: Friday, July 24th, 2009

The online learning environment offers great potential for individualized learning. One way to achieve this is through adaptive hypermedia—using learner use patterns to adapt course presentation, navigation, and content to ... Read full story »

Eight Tips for Facilitating Effective Online Discussion Forums

Article: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

At the heart of every online course is the discussion forum. This is where ideas, information, and new material are shared, discussed, analyzed, built upon, etc. In many ... Read full story »

Tips for Establishing a Rapport with Online Students

Article: Thursday, July 9th, 2009

“There is no personal interaction between student and teacher…the spontaneity of teaching is lost…the only rapport exists in exchanging bits and bytes of info.” Perhaps you’ve heard someone make this ... Read full story »

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