How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions?

A properly crafted question can engage students’ interest and foster ideas and contributions from other students.

In little time, it can help transform what may have been an uninspired or flat classroom into a hotbed of learning in which the ideas and comments of one student are quickly built on by another.

Learning Goals

At the conclusion of this professional development program, you will be able to:

• Develop online discussion questions that generate dynamic interaction
• Lead an online classroom discussion successfully
• Understand which types of questions work well in an online environment and which ones do not
• Understand the key rules for interaction and crafting good discussion questions

As an online director, I see the good, bad and the ugly every day. Stunningly, instructors think they don’t need help with design issues, but this video is at minimum, a valuable reminder of what works and what doesn’t. At best, it is an educational tool that helps them engage the student on a more effective level. Thanks! – Unattributed

Topics Covered

This Magna 20-Minute Mentor focuses on generating dynamic interaction with online students.

You will learn:

• The difference between good and bad discussion questions
• Why questions written for a test or essay do not work in an online environment
• How to tease out a good question from different subject matter
• Key dos and don’ts to consider in writing good online discussion questions

Takeaways

We also include supplemental materials that feature discussion questions to avoid, discussion questions to use, managing discussion and a sample discussion rubric.

Purchase

Order How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions? today and learn how to convert your classroom into a hotbed of learning.

Make this program available for ongoing training. Order the Campus Access License and load the CD content onto your institutions internal web site for unlimited, convenient, on-demand access for all members of your campus community.

Product Code: PM09IA