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Are Your Discussion Boards Falling Flat? 5 Easy Assignment Makeovers

Description

This session will introduce easy-to-implement discussion strategies to increase engagement. It will explore online debate, effective ice breakers, scenario-based learning, and multimedia discussions. Templates and examples will be provided.

Presenter First Name:
Mary
Presenter Last Name:
Bohman
Presenter Email:
mbohman@winona.edu
Attachment
These are the slide that were used in the live presentation (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for the pitch to your boss discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for a video discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for the structured debate discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for the agree disagree discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for the individual Hot Seat discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of assignment instructions for the group Hot Seat discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of a rubric and criteria for the agree disagree discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of a rubric and criteria for the pitch to your boss discussion (.pdf)
This is an example of a rubric and criteria for the structured debate discussion (.pdf)
This is a template that could be used for the structured debate (.docx)
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2017 QM Connect Conference
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