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I thought these five questions may a good starting point when responding to discussion board posts.

Read this article to learn how to improve your students' abilities to question one another in addition to your own questioning strategies.

Review of most effective types of questions; signal words, generic, and question types

"Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results. This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds of questions to making inferences and publishing results. In the final Capstone Project, you'll apply the skills learned by building a data product using real-world data. At completion, students will have a portfolio demonstrating their mastery of the material."

I found this gem when searching for resources to use in a lesson about facilitating online discussion forums. It is a great resource for developing open ended discussion questions.

This resource from McMurray University gives some good examples of effective discussion board questions.

This article talks about the value of faculty time, maybe above all else for innovation. Discussion question - How can educational technology free up faculty time? What strategies are best practices for "selling" faculty on technology?

Tools to the trade of Blended Learning. Answers the questions "What is Blended Learning" and "How can I implement Blended Learning in my classroom".

On Tuesday, July 10, the US Department of Education (ED) hosted "What Teachers Need to Know about Personalized Learning" as part of their Teacher Summer Seminars. Richard Culatta, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Matthew McCrea, Science Instructional Lead Teacher at G.

Interesting question from the article: "Let's say that a delivery truck shows up at your school and suddenly you have all these devices such as iPads, netbooks, classroom response systems, and learning and data management portals.... Will teachers in your school teach any differently?"

Great tool for mashing video clips from several sources, trimming and embedding questions, slides, drawings, etc. for blended, flipped and online content. Sign up for a free basic account.

When we require our students to search for their own online resources, it is important to teach them how to find material that is reputable and of high quality. I found this guide that might be useful in teaching these concepts to students.