Posts Tagged ‘threaded discussions’
November 6 - Tips for Managing Large Online Classes
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
The following tips from Susan Ko, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Maryland University College, will help you maintain course quality and interaction in large online courses:
July 10 - How to Engage Online Students in Meaningful Discussion
By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends
Student participation is perhaps the biggest challenge of teaching online courses, says Deborah Raines, professor and director of the Accelerated Second-Degree BSN Program at Florida Atlantic University. Part of the problem is that students often have misconceptions about what participation means. This is why Raines makes it a point, particularly during the first two weeks
July 9 - Tips for Establishing a Rapport with Online Students
By: Errol Craig Sull in Online Education
“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 objection to online learning? Or even uttered it yourself?
My answer to this is very simple: hogwash.
June 5 - Promoting Collaborative Learning in Online Courses
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
One of the biggest problems with doing group projects online (and face-to-face) is student resistance, says Jan Engle, coordinator of instruction development at Governors State University. “One of the best ways to overcome resistance is obviously for students to have a positive experience. Unfortunately, many of them come into an online class having had a
May 6 - Online Students Share Tips for Success
By: Rob Kelly in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
Part of being an online educator is teaching students how to conduct themselves in the online classroom. A survey of successful adult online learners provides an excellent resource for this advice.
April 29 - Promoting Early, Active Discussion in Online Courses
By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends
In a study of student participation in threaded discussions, Scott Warnock, an assistant professor of English at Drexel University, found that students who post early in threaded discussions tend to do better (as measured by course grades) than those who procrastinate.
March 3 - Four Ways to Improve Online Discussion Forums
By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends, Online Education
Rebecca Arbisi, chair of the business department at State Fair Community College in Missouri, offers the following tips for improving the quality of threaded discussions:
February 27 - Using Video Clips to Stimulate Discussion in Online Courses
By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends, Online Education
If you’re looking to improve threaded discussions in your online courses, consider using brief video clips as discussion prompts. When carefully selected and integrated into a course, these clips can lead students to higher-order thinking and appeal to auditory and visual learning styles.
February 27 - Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Tools: 15 Strategies for Engaging Online Students Using Real-time Chat, Threaded Discussions and Blogs
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Teaching with Technology
Opportunities for meaningful synchronous and asynchronous interaction are plentiful, provided you design and facilitate your online course in the correct manner and with the proper tools. This free report provides practical advice on effective ways to promote learning and build a sense of community in your online courses.
