Weekly Bookmarks (9/2/12)
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How To: Write Questions that Stimulate Discussion | Thinkfinity
Although this is about questions for discussions in a community, these are good basic guidelines for online learning discussions too. These could work as guidelines for a student-led discussion on how to write good questions.
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Developing Effective Questions for Online Discussions
Tips for online instructors (and IDs) on how to write questions for online discussions. Three types of questions are identified: factual, thought (Socratic), and problem-solving. By Judith Boettcher–this is now part of the book “The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips”
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Detailed rubric for multimedia projects in multiple categories (preliminary work, design, content, presentation). This has held up pretty well considering the rubric is dated 1998.
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Tips and strategies for working with small groups online from the University of Maryland University College. Includes a very simple rubric at the end.