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How to facilitate such discussions is confusing to many teachers, and online discussion threads and chatrooms may be seen as a poor substitute for the “real” thing, an evil necessity of the online class. However, although there are some barriers such as its more decontextualized nature, in comparison to face-to-face discussion, there are advantages that are unique to the online discussion that can be built on by the instructor while the drawbacks are minimized.
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Carol Askin's curator insight,
July 18, 2015 4:55 PM
In this blog post, the article discusses why online discussions are important. Connivence and increased student participation are two advantages the author lists. Concise, core information.
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In my grad class, I start with a question:. What are the fundamental things we know about how people learn? At first, they look at me and say not much. After a few minutes, answers come:...
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April 16, 2014 12:49 AM
This is an interesting take on providing syllabuses and showing the focus of the class. The teacher believes that if youre provided with a syllabus the focus is on teaching but if you have a class decide what would be said on a syllabus if there was one the focus would be on learning. Where in a class the focus should be.
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Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose
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As The Chronicle recently reported, perhaps the most prominent motivation among professors at prestigious universities for teaching massively open online courses, or MOOCs, is “altruism—a desire to increase access to higher education worldwide.”
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Upon first reading the article "Is Embracing Digital Learning a Moral Issue for Educators?" by Wesley Fryer published on www.SpeedofCreativity.org , I was quick to believe that the subject is being blown out of proportion.
Dan Kirsch's curator insight,
March 3, 2016 5:05 PM
Teaching is relational, therefore ethical. It happens in relationship to students and subjects. How teachers mediate (and they do) subject matter for students involves ethical, practical, and relational language and actions.
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ONE POINT FOR THE PEN: Do students lose comprehension by taking notes on keyboards, rather than by hand? It’s a tense debate, dotted with research and rebuttals. First up, researchers Pam A. Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer think so, as they argue that “laptop note takers’ tendency to transcribe le
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A fun and easy way to explore any topic:
Sample group opinions and provoke group discussions - its easy and free with Power League Create your own online leagues or use our existing ones (below). Power League is a versatile resource that lets you ask tough questions, stimulates debate and creates a visual league table based on votes gathered across your group. Start your own league and get voting ...
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The term “digital divide” began surrounding the issue of access to technology resources. The digital divide was considered to be the gap between the people who had access to the internet and the people who didn’t. Through past studies, it was deemed that African Americans were the group who didn’t. Today, that definition seems contradictory to what various studies are indicating. Over the past few months, numerous studies have be released indicating African Americans are engaging in various forms of the media more than other racial groups.
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