Teaching with Online Communication Tools
University of Illinois Online Communication and Writing Resources
The
Writing Workshop
The
Writers' Workshop, part of the Center for Writing Studies, provides
free writing assistance for University of Illinois students,
faculty, and staff from all disciplines and at all stages of
the writing process.
ATLAS
Facilitating an Online Discussion
ATLAS provides some good
tips and strategies for online discussions and a guide to campus
discussion resources.
Off Campus Teaching with Online Communication Tools Resources
"The
Ebb and Flow of Online Discussions:
What Bloom Can Tell Us About Our Students' Conversations"
by Katrina Meyer.
Meyer argues that the quality of student online discussions are often determined
by the first posting.
Discussion
Board Decision Tree
by Chris Weaver. In this graphical and textual work, Weaver maps the
complex interactions of online discussions.
"Assessment
of Online Discussions"
by Leslie Bowman and George Paris. Bowman and Paris provide an introduction
and some guidelines for assessing student work in online discussions.
"Discussion Boards in Theatre Arts Education:
Help or Hindrance?"
by Sara Rofofsky Marcus. Marcus discusses the impact of
online discussions in her theatre classes. While this is focused on Theatre,
instructors from all disciplines should benefit from her discussion and conclusions.
"Effective Pedagogies for Managing Collaborative
Learning in On-line Learning Environments"
While published
almost seven years ago, this conference paper provides an interesting
and useful discussion of the relation between online discussion
forums and collaborative learning strategies.
Publish
and Flourish; Become a Prolific Scholar
by Tara Gray. This
posting to Stanford University's Tomorrow's Professor Mailing
List describes a method for increasing the output of scholarly
writing by academics. However, this also provides a very good
method for helping undergraduates become better writers.
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