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Aimee deNoyelles; Janet Zydney; Jacqueline Roberts – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Online discussions tend to be more effective when they are purposefully structured. In this article, we describe how the design of a photo-based protocol influenced community interactions within an online discussion in an undergraduate course. Students were asked to take and share a photo related to a course concept, respond to a peer's photo, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Inquiry
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Peterson, Shelley; Belizaire, Michelle – Middle School Journal (J3), 2006
In this article, the authors talk about the action research study they conducted involving literature discussion groups. They observed how students spontaneously took up roles as questioners, as emotional responders, as group facilitators, and as information providers without having been assigned roles in literature circles. They then selected…
Descriptors: Novels, Action Research, Discussion Groups, Role Playing