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Title: Dialogue-Intensive Learning - Richard Dool, eLearn Magazine Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 02, 2007, 05:27:03 AM Dialogue-Intensive Learning - Richard Dool, eLearn Magazine
The discussion element of an online course, in theory, is the "classroom" where much of the instructor-student and student-student interaction takes place. To a large degree it is intended to approximate the on-campus class experience. But as most online instructors know, the online discussions, if designed appropriately, can far exceed the interactions in the campus classroom. I have learned, however, that not all online discussions are created equally. In my online experiences—which include teaching in four different online programs as well as completing two master's and part of my doctorate online—I have witnessed three types of online discussions: the "Q&A" model, the "1-plus" model, and the "dialogue intensive" model. Read More.. (http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=best_practices&article=40-1) |