'''Online Discussion (Phase 3 - student managed / closed activities)'''

'''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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