Saturday, November 17, 2007
Threaded discussions
The articles on threaded discussions state that they can be an excellant tool for the teacher to use in their online courses. This method can be used to set up interaction between teachers and students. However, the articles do stress that teachers must participate to make sure that the students have a positive experience with the discussions. This is done by wording of the topic, posting responses, offering encouragment, and redirection if necessary. These are things that teachers also do in a regular classroom. I understand that it will take practice and trial and error for me as a teacher to learn to make threaded discussion a successful tool for my students.
Ruth Shields
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Cooperative learning should be used in conjunction with effective instructional strategies that take into account the individual needs and learning styles of each student. In cooperative learning groups, individuals work together to reach common goals. Some of the skills taught in elementary grades include staying with the group, sharing materials, taking turns, encouraging one another, and speaking in quiet voices. One of the best times for students to learn and practice social skills is in cooperative group situations.
Collaboration can achieve collective results that the participants would be incapable of accomplishing working alone. Using these two strategies online will create a challenge for the student. It is more difficult to coordinate activities of a virtual group that must work remotely and asynchronously to achieve collaboration, but not impossible.
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