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Conducting effective online discussions

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Material Type: Workshop and Training Material
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Date Added to MERLOT: February 24, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT: June 29, 2012
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Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/fhEFBn from the Learning to Teach Online project website.

Discussions are an important component of many forms of online student interaction. For students to benefit from an online discussion, it is important for teachers to generate relevant topics, effectively moderate student activity and participate regularly. This episode will highlight several strategies to help you manage online discussions more effectively, and make them more beneficial for your students.


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forum, discussion, development, watson, chat, education, ltto, online, training, elearning, thread, asynchronous, cofa, synchronous, moderation, altc, mcintyre, karin, moderate, learning, teach, professional, simon, unsw, engagement, conferencing

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