{"id":442,"date":"2013-01-22T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T20:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/?p=442"},"modified":"2013-01-22T12:52:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T20:52:48","slug":"facilitating-meaningful-discussion-in-an-online-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/2013\/01\/22\/facilitating-meaningful-discussion-in-an-online-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Meaningful Discussion in an Online Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we begin to design our blended courses, I am focused on how to create a meaningful environment for discussions between students in the course. Discussions and debates are central to the in-person version of my technology course, yet they are notoriously difficult to recreate in an online environment, particularly with the constraints that Blackboard places on discussions.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major drawbacks of online discussion is the need for asynchronous discussion, which is opposite of the immediate feedback students receive in a face to face discussion. I am considering addressing this issue by making discussions between small groups of students in the class, rather than the typical &#8220;post and respond to x-number of others&#8221; model. Having one student in charge of a 2-3 person discussion might afford better opportunities for specific feedback and meaningful discussion.<\/p>\n<p>This is something I&#8217;ll continue to wrestle with throughout the term, and look forward to seeing how others handle discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we begin to design our blended courses, I am focused on how to create a meaningful environment for discussions between students in the course. Discussions and debates are central to the in-person version of my technology course, yet they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/2013\/01\/22\/facilitating-meaningful-discussion-in-an-online-setting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103045,103047],"tags":[103403,103415],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-design","category-integrating-online-on-campus-learning","tag-hybrid-design","tag-interactive-engagement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3LFgN-78","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}