Ask Students to Lead the Online Discussion
Strategy Description
Although not experts in the discipline, there have been benefits in having students lead online discussions. Students may be more comfortable to participate in the discussion when it is led by an equal member of the class, rather than the instructor who is perceived as the authority (Lim, Cheung, & Hew, 2011). Questioning from an instructor may prompt students to view the questions as a form of assessment, rather than a tool to drive the discussion, as they do with peer questioning (Mazzolini & Maddison, 2007).
Date Created
11-8-2019
Pedagogical Category
Interaction
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Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Shamika, "Ask Students to Lead the Online Discussion" (2019). Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. 45.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/topr/45
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