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Author:   Yu-Mei Wang
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.332kg
ISBN:  

9783031410376

ISBN 10:   3031410378
Pages:   193
Publication Date:   02 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Do Students Learn through Online Discussion?.- Introduction.- Online Discussion.- Historical and Theoretical Groundings of Online Discussion.- A bit of History.- When Online Discussion Meets Vygotsky.- Student Learning through Online Discussion – Case Analysis.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 2: Design to Engage Students.- Introduction.- Design to Engage Students.- Discussion Prompts – Planting a Good Seed.- Diverse Designs – Attending to Variation,- Student Experiences – Drawing on Inexhaustible Resources.- Requiring a Tangible Product – Harvesting Season.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 3: Lay Down Groundwork: Forming, Accessing, and Inducting.- Introduction.- Forming Groups.- Accessing the Virtual Learning Community.- Inducting.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 4: Commonality.- Introduction.- Hard Lessons.- A Success Story – A Bond that United Students.- Attend to Commonality.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 5: Interdependence.- Introduction.- Interdependence Defined.- A Report - Collaboration Falls Apart.- Building Interdependence.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 6: Rules.- Introduction.- Importance of Rules in Learning Communities.- Online Discussion Environment.- Designing Rules to Regulate Online Discussion.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 7: Instructor as Facilitator.- Introduction.- Facilitating Online Discussion: The More, the Better?.- What Does the Research Say?.- Student Perceptions on Teacher Presence.- Teacher Presence Revisited.- Chapter Summary.- Chapter 8: Questioning to Facilitate.- Introduction.- Questioning as a Way of Teaching.- Benefits of Questioning for Student Learning.- Questioning in Online Discussion.- Questioning to Transform Surface Learning to Deep Learning.- Essential Purposes of Facilitating Questioning.- Considerations in Designing and Implementing Facilitating Questions.- A Toolbox of Questions.- Chapter summary.- Chapter 9: Assessing Online Discussion: A Holistic Approach.- Introduction.- Assessment of Learning.- Assessment for Learning.- Assessment as Learning.- A Holistic Approach to Assess Online Discussions.- Chapter Summary

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Dr. Yu-mei Wang has been a faculty member in the School of Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) since 2002, where she teaches discussion-based online courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. She first became involved in online technology in the early 1990's and, fascinated by its educational potential, has been particularly interested in how to build and nurture a dynamic online discourse community to ensure quality online learning. Through her research, she is convinced that human connections across distance is the key to fulfilling the promise of online technology and her commitment to this goal is reflected in her teaching practices. Dr. Wang has published widely in the professional literature and presented at international and national conferences.  Prior to her appointment at UAB, she taught educational technology courses and served as the director of the computer lab in the School of Education at the University of Guam.

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