Goshtasbpour, F orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-2936, Swinnerton, BJ orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-4952 and Pickering, JD orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-6712 (2022) Twelve tips for engaging learners in online discussions. Medical Teacher, 44 (3). pp. 244-248. ISSN 0142-159X
Abstract
Educators play a critical role in designing, facilitating and delivering an online medical education experience. Their teaching decisions and practices shape learners’ experiences and affect their achievements. This is true even in large-scale, open educational contexts such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which are designed based on self-regulated and collaborative learning. Thus, it is particularly important to explore the ways in which educators can effectively support online or blended learning through their interactions with learners. The 12 tips in this article aim to provide medical educators with guidelines for creating engaging online discussions that both support and challenge learners’ understanding. The advice draws on a recent study examining the experiences and activities of 24 educators in MOOC discussion areas, and how their learners engaged with them. It provides practical recommendations on facilitating online discussions, producing engaging discussion tasks, and creating a balanced educator presence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | collaborative/peer-to-peer; e-learning/computers; Roles of teacher |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education > Division of Anatomy (LIME) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 14:33 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2022 08:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0142159x.2021.1898571 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172302 |