Passport Stamp: Facilitating Engaging Online Discussions

Objectives

After earning this stamp you will be able to:

• Delineate the difference between discussion prompts and discussion structures.
• Identify at least three discussion approaches that might be useful for a specific course.
• Implement a discussion assignment/activity using one or more of these approaches.
• Share your experience with discussion in online and hybrid courses, specifically what has and hasn't worked, and why you chose the approach you did as part of this stamp's activities.

Curriculum

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To complete these learning activities, you can use an existing course or a sandbox course, available upon request if needed.

Learning Activities

1. Implement a discussion assignment/activity using one or more of the approaches discussed above (or a new one!).
2. Use the Stamp Request Form to submit a link to your assignment/activity and:
   1. Delineate the difference between discussion prompts and discussion structures.
   2. Identify at least three discussion approaches you considered for your course.
   3. Share your experience with discussion in online and hybrid courses, specifically what has and hasn't worked, and why you chose the approach you did as part of this stamp's activities.

Request Your Stamp

• Use this Stamp Request Form to submit links to the evidence from your course and any answers to the questions and reflective prompts.