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Discussions: More Than An Assignment - Danan Myers

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Each online instructor posts guidelines for answering discussions in the welcome announcement or course expectations. By stating when to respond and how many responses a student needs, we are writing an assignment. Students log into the classroom with the purpose to meet the minimum requirements for discussions. Once they have completed this requirement, they never go back to the discussion. Why? What makes the students view the discussion as an assignment rather than a place to discuss and learn? How can we make our students want to spend more time in the discussions? How can we make online discussions equate to the traditional classroom discussion?

Since courses come to instructors already written, it is up to us to bring in the rich discussion that one would see in the traditional classroom. How can we do this?  

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Danan Myers

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I have worked in education for over 29 years; teaching a wide variety of students including both Regular Education, Special Education, and English Language Development. I also was accomplished in collaboration and leadership which included aligning and integrating K-6 language arts, social studies, and science curriculums; math curriculum committee; strategic planning committee; chair for parent and community involvement; leadership team; principal-in-charge; language arts lead teacher; master teacher; science lead teacher; and co-lead diversity training.

Publications:

  • The In's and Out's of Online Instruction, Outskirts Press, Inc., 2009
  • Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom, Distance Learning Association, 2008
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