Interactive Features for Online Teaching

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Interactive Features for Online Teaching

• Donna Reiss (TCC), Rosalind Blunt (NVCC), Cathy
  Simpson (NVCC), Ron Carter (NVCC), Eric Hibbison
  (JSRCC)
• New Horizons, April 13, 1999
• Shockhoe Room, 1045-1145

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Types/Uses of Forums

• Post open-ended application questions (study
  questions, practice questions).
• Have students respond to your questions or each
  others or both.
• Grade as quiz or checkmark.

• Asynchronous respond any time before a
  specified deadline.
• Synchronous everybody online at once.
• Remote vs. same location

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Sample Discussion Forum
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Top of Contents Page
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An Open Forum with No Preset Questions
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Contents with No Teacher Questions
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A Reader-Response Comment
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Defining Quality A Sample Forum (see handout)

• The best answers to discussion forums are
• insightful
• substantial
• focused
• Open vs. required registration
• Making vs. finding forums

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Forums Pros and Cons

• How much do forum answers count?
• How do you know your students posted questions or
  sent replies to a forum?
• Is the server on when your students need it?
• Cant listservs, chats, or email serve the same
  objectives?
• Students have to go to forums (or chats)
  listserv comments email are sent to them.