What strategies do you use to create engaging online discussions with your students? Please share tips, and any technology tools you found to help with engagement. This discussion was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by  Maria Fernandez.

Prompt: As we are approaching the end of the semester there may be students who are feeling very challenged at this point in time. What strategies do you implement with your students in an online course to promote a growth mindset? Purpose: Helping motivate your students during any time of the semester. Find ways to motivate a growth mindset. Time of Year: You can incorporate growth mindset strategies at the start of the semester but it can also be incorporated in the middle or end of the semester. Resources: Please watch Promoting a Growth Mindset video of Professional Assistant Professor Chimene Burnett from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi share how she implements growth mindset. Wieman, C. (2013). Motivating learning. (download PDF) Retrieved from the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia website. Attached ‘Sharing the Research on Growth Mindset‘ an implementation resource from one of ACUE’s course modules, Helping Students Persist in Online Learning. This discussion was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  Maria Fernandez. This discussion was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  Maria Fernandez. This discussion was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  Maria Fernandez. This discussion was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by  Maria Fernandez. This discussion was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by  Maria Fernandez.

Colleagues, I have a question for everyone. All the courses in the Science department that I teach are online courses. As a Science department, we encompass a variety of science disciplines and teach primarily undergraduate students at all levels from freshmen to seniors. A couple of our colleagues have pitched the idea to use a single standard grading rubric for Discussion Boards across all the Science courses to include all disciplines and all grade levels. I am opposed to this for a multitude of reasons. I was curious what insight any of you might have about this idea.

What strategies do you use to create engaging online discussions with your students? Please share tips, and any technology tools you found to help with engagement. This discussion was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by  Maria Fernandez.

Colleagues, I have a question for everyone. All the courses in the Science department that I teach are online courses. As a Science department, we encompass a variety of science disciplines and teach primarily undergraduate students at all levels from freshmen to seniors. A couple of our colleagues have pitched the idea to use a single standard grading rubric for Discussion Boards across all the Science courses to include all disciplines and all grade levels. I am opposed to this for a multitude of reasons. I was curious what insight any of you might have about this idea.