reading, writing and collaborating through discussion boards
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Using discussion boards to encourage writing, critical thinking and building a learning communityTRANSCRIPT
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Reading, Writing and Collaborating Through Discussion Boards
Ida M. JonesProfessor of Business Law
Director, Center for the Scholarly Advancement of Learning and Teaching
California State University, Fresno
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Outcomes Today
• Overview of discussion boards in the context of teaching, learning & creating a learning community
• Examine two uses of discussion boards• Review structures to create effective
discussion board assignments
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Have you taught a fully online course?
Vote Yes or No
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Have you used online discussion boards?
Vote Yes or No
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How would you describe your success at using discussion boards?
Vote A. I had great success!B. It worked but I don’t think any
learning actually occurredC. Discussion Board? I don’t even
know what it is!
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Effective Teaching
• Lectures– Manage learning– Control
• amount of info• How learners get the info
– Present to large numbers of learners• Socratic method: questions and answers
under fire; probing to encourage learning
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Lecture-physical presence
Orally delivered content
Students listening, discussing in person
Students watching, taking notes, following instructor modeling the analysis
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Learning Theory
info info
Objectivism vs. Constructivism
Surface learning vs. Deep learning
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Questions so far before we get to two ways I’ve used discussion
boards?
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One use of Discussion Boards: Collaborative Quizzes
• Collaborate to develop answers – Basic questions– Some case discussions
• Randomly assigned groups of 5-7 • Each week,
– Discuss answers to quiz questions – Prepare a group answer to each question.
• The individual quiz -3 randomly selected questions• Grades based on results of
– Writing original answers– Commenting/adding to other answers– Developing group answers– Taking quiz; submitting group answer as response
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Overall, the group quizzes were an effective way to learn the material.
Agree48%
Disagree4%
Neither Agree nor Disagree
22%
Strongly Agree22%
Strongly Disagree
4%
Agree
Disagree
Neither Agree nor Disagree
Strongly Agree
Strongly Disagree
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Overall, the members of my group were helpful in identifying areas of agreement and disagreement on
course topics that helped me to learn.
Agree. 33%
Disagree. 8%
Neither Agree nor Disagree.
13%
Strongly Agree. 46%
Agree
Disagree
Neither Agree nor Disagree
Strongly Agree
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Another Use of Discussion Boards: Writing, Research and Critical Thinking
Alternative to the Research Paper
Website: Alternative to the Research Paper https://sites.google.com/site/bbworld2012alternativetothe/home
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Tie assignment to expected outcome
• Testing knowledge and understanding of concepts • Discussing and solving a problem, case or factual
scenario • Encouraging discussion, reflection and analysis of
concepts and developing new insights into those concepts
• Applying concepts learned in the text to other readings to reinforce understanding of the concepts
• Developing a research project • Completing a lab exercise
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What a Tech Start-Up’s Data Say About What Works in Classroom Forums
• Article in Chronicle of Higher Ed http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/what-a-tech-start-ups-data-say-about-what-works-in-classroom-forums/38960?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
– Formal, structured grading-less value than the informal structure
– Anonymous comments/questions worked better at more selective institutions, e.g. MIT
– Requiring that students introduce themselves resulted in more robust discussions
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Have you learned anything you would use now?
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Additional Questions or Comments?