Dimension 2.3: Blogs and Discussion Boards

"The Teacher:

• Skillfully provokes and guides discussion to pique curiosity and inspire student-led learning of meaningful and challenging content."

• Are students asked to explain - moving beyond the obvious answer and into responses formulated through multi-step reasoning?
• Do students give valuable feedback to each other - something beyond, "I agree" or "Good point"?
• Do the number of posts and responses demonstrate a robust discourse?
• Do followup questions challenge students to dig deeper or apply knowledge in complex ways?
• Does the teacher actively model and participate in the online discussions?