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Online Discussion Phase 2 - Tutor managed / open 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
- Uses a range of dialogues, takes on roles set by tutor
- Students are involved with activities
- Requests support when needed
- Manages their own unstructured discovery activities within given parameters.
Tutor Activities
- Range of dialogues, tutor sets out roles for students
- structures task to involve students in completing activity
- Offers a range of support
- Tutor sets overall structure of 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
