'''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 

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