{"id":2952,"date":"2014-03-19T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2014-03-19T13:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T18:00:27","slug":"facilitating-online-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/facilitating-online-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Online Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mia MacMeekin, who is an educator and lawyer, developed an <a href=\"http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI7093.pdf\" title=\"7 Things You Should Know about Infographics\">Infographic<\/a> with tips and best practices to facilitate online discussions. She writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The online discussion board has received differing reviews. Many believe it is a place that students simply write mini-papers, with little to no feedback. Others believe that it is a true learning tool for online courses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/anethicalisland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/db.jpg\" title=\"Online Discussion Tips\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anethicalisland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/db.jpg?resize=280%2C681\" alt=\"Online Discussion Tips\" height=\"681\" width=\"280\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can read Mia MacMeekin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/anethicalisland.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/05\/online-discussion-tips\/\" title=\"Online Discussion Tips\">Online Discussion Tips<\/a> blog post on her <a href=\"http:\/\/anethicalisland.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"An Ethical Island Blog\">An Ethical Island<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mia MacMeekin, who is an educator and lawyer, developed an Infographic with tips and best practices to facilitate online discussions. She writes: The online discussion board has received differing reviews. Many believe it is a place that students simply write mini-papers, with little to no feedback. Others believe that it is a true learning tool <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/facilitating-online-discussions\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Facilitating Online Discussions\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-online","tag-discussion","h-entry","hentry","h-as-article"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-LC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15049,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/tips-to-improve-online-discussions\/","url_meta":{"origin":2952,"position":0},"title":"Tips to Improve Online Discussions","author":"Janice Florent","date":"March 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A common assignment given in an online class is for students to participate in a discussion forum. 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