11/22/2024

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What do you think? What is the place of asynchronous online discussions in our continually evolving field of online education? What makes online discussions good (or bad)? We’d love to hear your perspective too. Speak up, and you might actually end up on the show. Send a note via email (topcast@ucf.edu) or Twitter (@topcastnow). And, do please tell a friend/colleague about TOPcast. Perhaps you might share a link to a favorite episode? You could even just forward this Insider newsletter email message with a personal comment/recommendation.

- Tom and Kelvin

Brief Research Bibliography on Online Discussions

In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement.

• Nicaragua Coffee Beans
• From Home Grounds: “What Is Shade-Grown Coffee?”

• Sample Online Discussion-Related TOPR Entry: “Create Discussion Rubrics”
• All Entries Tagged “Discussions” from the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)
• Google Search on Dr. Susan Wegmann’s “Connected Stance” Line of Inquiry
• 1EdTech Consortium (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium)

• United States Postal Service (USPS) “Mission and 'Motto’”
• Grok (from Heinlein to Popular Culture)

• Video Version of this Episode!