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JALN article on supporting cognitive presence through designing effective online discussions. The authors goal was to support meaningful interaction in the discussions rather than just playing an "assessment game" where students post the minimum required for grades. The found that discussions did promote cognitive presence and critical thinking. Registration required to read the full PDF article.

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JALN article on creating a community of inquiry through online discussions, with positive results for students' perceived learning and satisfaction. Specifically, the authors found that, at least in this context, cognitive and teaching presence were correlated with both learning and satisfaction, but social presence only improved satisfaction. Registration required to download the PDF.

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Stephen Downes summarizes week 2 of CCK08, including a description of how different the discussions in Moodle and on the blogs are. The Moodle discussion has become very angry and dominated by a handful of people, while the blogs show much more diversity in perspectives.

Tags: cck08, connectivism, networks, discussion, blog on 2008-09-21 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (5) -About

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Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) by coherence, awareness of audience, and diction. Writing for asynchronous discussion isn't the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades.

Tags: conversation, discussion, e-learning, highered, assessment, web2.0 on 2008-06-19 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Network analysis in online discussions in two classes shows, not surprisingly, that asking probing questions and challenging posts results in more learner engagement than simple "cheerleading" posts like "Great job!"

Tags: e-learning, discussion, networks, education, research, teaching, engagement on 2008-05-12 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Best practices for working with online learning communities, including how to work with lurkers who may still be learning even if they aren't actively participating.

Tags: learningcommunity, e-learning, teaching, leadership, discussion on 2008-05-10 and saved by 15 people -All Annotations (6) -About

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3 Design Principles for Growing Successful Email Listservs and Online Forums in Educational Settings. Even though the technology discussed is a little dated (the paper was written in 1998), the principles for online learning communities are still relevant.

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Using VoiceThread as an asynchronous multimedia discussion with sixth graders with great results and conversations from students.

Tags: voicethread, education, multimedia, interactivity, asynchronous, discussion, k-12 on 2008-04-17 and saved by 53 people -All Annotations (26) -About

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Changes in the discussion board in Blackboard 7.3, including the grading options

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Research on using online discussions for student problem solving. The study found that problem solving discussions were more helpful for students than typical single topic discussions, but instructors can use strategies to guide discussion and encourage more depth.

Tags: asynchronous, discussion, e-learning, problemsolving, research on 2008-03-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Stephen Downes comments on student work from the course Building Online Collaborative Environments, where students support positions for and against connectivism

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George Siemens comments on some of the student work for a course I developed, Building Online Collaborative Environments. The specific assignment is a wiki resource where students defend a position either for or against connectivism.

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Tags: constructivism, discussion, e-learning, highered, pedagogy, research on 2007-07-17 and saved by 9 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Tags: asynchronous, chat, discussion, e-learning, synchronous on 2007-06-07 and saved by 11 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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