DLINQ offers ongoing web-based and in-person professional learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. Topics range from teaching online and hybrid, to data privacy, to technology learning, to digital wellness and identity.
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Designing Engaging Discussion Activities
December 3, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Thursday, December 3, 2020
12:00-12:30 pm Pacific / 3:00-3:30 pm Eastern
Online via Zoom
Asynchronous discussion boards can be a site of active learning and participation. This session will introduce strategies for creating asynchronous discussions (using Canvas and other tools) to support meaningful student learning, including:
- creating discussion board activities that generate actual discussion
- how to structure the discussion board to scaffold participation
- options going beyond text-based discussion, and
- how to encourage synthesis and reflection post-discussion
Additional Resources
Key Questions for Designing Online Discussions