A significant issue with online (and hybrid!) teaching is how to make sure that students are actively learning while going through class material online. Let’s face it–multitasking is simply a fact of life now, where screens are our gateway to work/learning/socializing, and where at any given time we might have two or three screens in …
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Elizabeth Fagan
Selected Bibliography
ONLINE DISCUSSIONS Covelli, B. (2017) Online discussion boards: The practice of building community for adult learners. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 65, 139-145. DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2017.1274616 This article looks at discussion boards in the context of older learners, but its ideas are applicable to all online learning. In particular, it outlines the community of inquiry …