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Online Discussion (Phase 1 - Tutor managed / Closed tasks)
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 responds to teacher’s questions and mini tasks
- Student follows set task and guidelines given by tutor.
- Requests support during sessions
- control is confined to responses to tasks
Tutor Activities
- focus of dialogue is task-orientated problem solving
- Activity is strictly defined and related to pre-set task
- Support via planned sessions
- controls the reading materials, the content to be learnt and deadlines
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
