Boost Engagement: Include Academic Content in Online Discussions
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The document discusses including academic content in online discussion boards to boost student engagement. It argues that discussion boards should be the "heart" of the online class as they encourage active student participation and learning. It provides tips for both professors and students on making the most of discussion boards, such as having students upload images of their work, using equation editors and screen capture software to share academic content. The goal is to duplicate the rich classroom experience and build community through substantive discussion online.
Boost Engagement: Include Academic Content in Online Discussions
- 1. Boost Engagement: Include Academic Content In Your Online Discussions by Fred Feldon January 2015
- 2. Academic Content in Discussion Boards
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- 4. Academic Content in Discussion Boards
- 5. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Why are Discussion Boards so important? Why bother?
- 6. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Discussion should be “the heart” of an online (or face-to-face) class!
- 7. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Keeps students engaged
- 8. One Week of a Student’s Electrodermal Activity (EDA) Poh, Swenson & Picard, 2010 http://affect.media.mit.edu/ pdfs/10.Poh-etal-TBME-EDA- tests.pdf
- 9. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Students take an active role in their learning, which increases success and retention
- 10. Academic Content in Discussion Boards On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
- 11. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Anonymity and forethought encourages participation
- 12. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Builds skills in communicating mathematically
- 13. Academic Content in Discussion Boards “There must be far less telling on the part of the teacher, and far more doing on the part of the student.” Jean Piaget
- 14. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Creates a sense of community
- 15. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Duplicates the interaction that normally takes place in a classroom
- 16. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Builds technical skills
- 17. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Prepares students for “real life”
- 18. Academic Content in Discussion Boards So, let’s get to it!
- 19. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
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- 21. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
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- 23. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
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- 25. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
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- 27. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
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- 51. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
- 52. Academic Content in Discussion Boards “Math Equation Editor”
- 53. Academic Content in Discussion Boards “Math Equation Editor”
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- 57. Academic Content in Discussion Boards . . A picture’s worth a thousand words!
- 58. Academic Content in Discussion Boards • Use a scanner to capture your handwriting • Use your Cell Phone to take a picture • Use the Print Screen button • Use the Symbols pull-down menu • Use the Insert Media button • Use the Equation Editor
- 59. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Closing thoughts (for professors)… • Create a warm and welcoming atmosphere that integrates students socially and academically into the course • Allow enough wait time to ensure peer interaction and student self- discovery • Avoid omniscient overbearing or evaluative posts that inhibit future participation • Start a new conversation when one is stale or there’s a period of silence (Add a relevant link to a current event, for example, post a funny comic or an extra credit puzzle or problem) • Model the behavior you are trying to elicit from students • If the discussion board is boring for you, it will definitely be boring for your students! • Sustained interaction becomes a rich environment for critical thinking to flourish
- 60. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Closing thoughts (for students)… • Check the discussion board every time you log on to the course website; it should be the first thing you do, the first place you go, before you do anything else • Read every new message before you post one; your question may have already been asked and answered • Learn how to get your academic content (your solution to a problem, for example, or a question from the online homework) on the screen with the print screen button, screen capture software, a webcam, a camera, your cell phone camera, a printer/scanner, etc. • Learn how to add arrows, boxes, text, highlighting, etc. to your image • There is no “silly question.” What’s silly is not asking a question. The professor and your fellow students will all appreciate it and learn something from it, guaranteed! • If someone answers your question be sure to thank them then “close the loop” by saying you got it or ask for more help if you need it and continue the discussion
- 61. Academic Content in Discussion Boards Closing thought (for everyone)… Discussion forum dialogue has the potential to be the most valuable learning opportunity in the online environment!
- 62. Thank You ffeldon@coastline.edu This presentation is available to download at http://www.slideshare.net/ffeldon