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Quick Fix: Requiring Students to End Discussion Posts with a Question
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Frohlich, Dennis Owen – College Teaching, 2020
Online discussion boards are in frequent use these days in both face-to-face and online courses. While "discussion" is in the name, it's not uncommon to see students struggle to have meaningful conversations in these digital spaces. One Quick Fix to this predicament is to require students to post a discussion question at the end of their…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Student Role
Put Students in Charge: A Variation on the Jigsaw Discussion
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Benton, Raymond, Jr. – College Teaching, 2016
In this article Raymond Benton, Jr. describes how he implemented a variation on Eliot Aronson's (Aronson et al. 1978) "jigsaw classroom" activity. While there are similarities between Aronson's jigsaw classroom and what is described here, there are differences as well. In Aronson's system, the classroom was divided into subgroups. Each…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Classroom Techniques, Assignments
Facebook as an Online Teaching Tool: Effects on Student Participation, Learning, and Overall Course Performance
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Camus, Melinda; Hurt, Nicole E.; Larson, Lincoln R.; Prevost, Luanna – College Teaching, 2016
Online discussions are widely viewed as a valuable tool for encouraging student engagement and promoting interaction with course material outside of the traditional classroom. Strategies for conducting online discussions vary and are not confined to traditional, university-sponsored learning management systems (LMS). Social media platforms such as…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Electronic Learning, Social Media, Learner Engagement