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How Can I Create Engaging Discussions?

Creating Effective and Active Discussions Workshop

Discussions are a common way to achieve student-to-student interaction and active learning in online courses. Join a group of your peers for a 60-min workshop led by the Faculty Online Learning Liaison Kristen Swithers on creating effective discussions for your online course.

We will explore different types of discussions and examine different strategies for deploying discussions in your course. Whether you are looking to revamp your discussions or build new ones you will leave this workshop with ideas for generating meaningful discussions that encourage student engagement.

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Schedule:

April 15, 10:30 am - 11:45 am

Resources

Engaging students in rich dialog in online asynchronous courses supports the same purpose as in-class discussions.  It also supports student success. Students who feel isolated in online courses have a great chance of dropping the course. Help students stay motivated and engaged by adding weekly Blackboard discussions.

Online Discussion Guidelines for Students Template

Why Use Discussions?

Community-Building Boards

Activity Discussions

Small Group Work