Online Dicussion (Phase 4 student managed / open projects)

Examples

Question and answer, share experiences, build ideas, debate

Best Practice Model for Online Discussions

Access and Motivation

Online Socialisation

Information Exchange

Knowledge Construction

Development

(Salmon, see  http://www.atimod.com/e-tivities/5stage.shtml)

Student Activities

• Student participates in range of discussions with tutor, students and experts
• Student is engaged in relating task to their own personal, vocational and academic needs
• Students obtain feedback from a range of sources - tutor, students and experts
• student manages own responses to discussion activities

Tutor Activities

• Tutor facilitates range of dialogues
• Tutor designs task for student involvement
• Tutor offers advice on procedures and resources
• Tutor constructs the task

Further Guidance Best Practice Models, case studies, how-to tutorials and online forums about the use of online discussions are all available in the Best Practice Models for E-learning Community at  http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=9&topic=3

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