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Q: How should my questions be formulated to inspire high levels of reflection?
A: Aime for cognitive operations as listed by Blume. More [details ]!
Q: How should my questions be formulated to inspire high levels of interaction and engagement?
A? Integrate emotions. More [details ]!
Q: What can students do to support interaction and engagement with their contributions?
A: Observe some rules. More [details ]!
Q: What can I do when a online-discussion is straying off subject?
A: Help your students to police themselves. More [details ]!
Q: What can I do to lift the quality of students contribution in forum discussions?
A: Tell them clearly what you expect from them. More [details]!
Q: Why does the discussion forum in my course not work?
A: It depends very much on what you - the teacher - do in the forum. More [details]!
Q: I see my students every day in class. Does it all the same make sens to use an online discussion tool in such a setting?
A: No, not really, except if you have very specific aims. More [details]!
Q: How can you use a discussion forum to systematically exploit classroom discussions for futher use?
A: Put a resummee-like protocol of the classroom discussion online and ask your students to add to it. More [details]!
Unanswered questions
Q: How can I win over my write-shy ingeneering students to start writing forum messages?
A: ...
Q: What can I do, when a discussion is not really taking of?
A: ???
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