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Such discussion places many learners at a disadvantage - those who are introverted, those for whom English is not their first language, those who don't like to interrupt, those who like to think more before they speak, and many others
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Melissa Pietricola on 16 Jun 10I think this-giving everyone the opportunity to speak is the most significant benefit for my students in having the course by a hybrid
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only 20% of the students do 80% of the discussing. Online, 65% of the students do 80% of the discussing.
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class discussions easily cross week boundaries. It is very common for a discussion which began in the first week of the course to resurface in the fourth week when new learnings shine a fresh perspective on it. This type of dialogue feels much more natural than the fragmented discussions I experienced in the classroom.
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My experience with teaching online is that it is a different thing. I encourage us all to experiment in both our face-to-face and virtual learning encounters and to share what seems to work and not work.