Now that you have created the discussion forums for your course, the next question you might have is how to manage them once they are live.
Below is a collection of resources for managing your discussion forums under small and large course situations while keeping students involved and motivated.
Instructor Presence
Instructor Presence in the Online Class – Key to Learner Success
from Online Learning Insights
Creating a Sense of Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom
from Faculty Focus January 4, 2014
The Art and Science of Successful Online Discussions
from Faculty Focus August 11, 2014
Getting students to talk in online courses
from eLearn Magazine by Michelle Everson / July 2011
video by Beth Rubin of DePaul University
from Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository.. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning.
by Zvi Goldman from Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Readings about Groups
from Sugar, A., DeNoyelles, A., and Chen, B. (2011). In K. Thompson and B. Chen (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning.
from Chen, B. and DeNoyelles, A. (2011). Group Discussion Strategy. In K. Thompson and B. Chen (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning.
Chen, B. (2011). Group Evaluation. In K. Thompson and B. Chen (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning.