Many times teachers are challenged with new or
non-traditional students who are not familiar with how online discussion work
in education, as well as, some students who struggle within the online
environments. Naturally, when some students do not make the most of the
discussion sections, and this can impinge the overall effectiveness of the
forum for the class.
Like most aspects on teaching and learning, a little
preparation before the lesson can save the instructor a lot of work after
student falter. By offering tips to
students in advance, you can assist them in better contributing in class
discussions. Alternatively, setting up
an adaptive learning system, these tips can be set to assist students who first
demonstrate that they may not understand how to maximize the discussion forums.
Below is an open set of tips (included in the video playlist
above). Feel free to use these to assist any students you have that could
benefit from better discussion participation.
