Tag: online learning

  • Discussion forums: where the teaching happens

    Discussion forums: where the teaching happens

    Discussion forums in online courses can easily be lifeless, dull and places where students simply fulfil the requirements of the task and nothing more. Flower Darby’s short webinar from November 2021 explains how the discussion forum can be where the teaching happens. Assuming the pre-requisites of a well-structured course in which learners feel safe to…

  • Online course: The first 24 hours

    Online course: The first 24 hours

    I recently started a new online course as moderator and documented the first 24 hours of activity. Read from bottom to top. Does anything need explaining?