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Promoting Active Learning

  • Developing Effective Class Sessions and Lectures

  • Teaching Powerful Note-Taking Skills

  • Using Groups to Ensure Active Learning

  • Using the Active Learning Cycle

  • Planning Effective Class Discussions

  • Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions

Planning Effective Class Discussions

Rationale

“Just as an effective lecture takes preparation, planning, and structure in order to facilitate student learning, so does an effective discussion. An effective discussion in the college classroom is much less frequently the result of a lucky happenstance. It is more likely to be the result of forethought and intentional planning” (Howard, 2015, p. 4).

Practices

  • Ask or post open-ended, analytical, or opinion questions to increase participation

  • Sequence questions to progress toward higher order thinking

  • Provide guidance to help students develop questioning skills for productive online discussions

  • Explain the role of discussion in supporting learning

  • Develop a grading policy or discussion forum rubric with clear criteria

  • Respond with positive reinforcement, and prompt for elaboration and clarity

  • Assign a self-grading activity

  • Create a physical space or online environment conducive to discussions

  • Create small groups for more in-depth online discussions

  • Require students to apply content from assigned readings

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