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How do we motivate students to participate?
Motivate students to participate
Online discussions can lead to valuable learning outcomes, but motivating every student to participate in an online discussion can be a real challenge.
Studies have shown that grading online discussions contributes to an increase in student participation. As an instructor, however, we want quality contributions, not just high quantity. So, rather than using a rigid algorithm to calculate whether the student actually participated, with Collaborative Learning we simply ask the student to select what they feel was their best contribution to the discussion.
Not only does it give students the freedom to participate in their way, it also provides a moment for students to reflect on their personal contributions. Thereby organically increasing the number of high-quality contributions.
We firmly believe that education should cultivate positive critical thinking, to face the future challenges of society.
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Therefore, our mission is to support instructors to shape learning activities that spark students' critical thinking. For this, we were recently awarded the Wharton Reimagine Education Award.
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Upload your discussion material
Whether you’d like your students to discuss an article exploring how much the internet weighs or want them to voice their thoughts about an infographic showing the shapes of stories. All you have to do is drag and drop the file.
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Determine the grading criteria
Let your students know what they’ll be graded on. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! We’ve included a template rubric that has proven to improve student contributions in online discussions, that can be easily edited to fit your specific needs.
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Let the discussion begin!
View what your students are saying about the material, jump in when you need to, and easily view new or unread discussion postings.
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Grade your students’ participation
Every student is asked to select what they feel is their best contribution based on the criteria you set. No need for an external grading system, assessment is made effortless with the in-context grading design.
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CASE STUDY:
Cora Busstra Professor, Educational Developer &
E-learning expert at Wageningen University
Since introducing this method to my online course I've seen it have a big impact on the quality of the discussions. All of my students are now engaged in the material and are active participants in the discussions.
How is this learning activity used in real life?
Every student is given the opportunity to participate in discussions in their way.
What type of material can I upload?
Collaborative Learning can be used for text files, pdf, audio or video. For a complete list of specific file types we accept read more
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Can I apply this method to other FeedbackFruits features?
Yes! In fact we encourage you to! It's a module called 'participation grading' that can be applied to features like peer review, group member evaluation, and more!
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Will this cost me a lot of time?
It shouldn't! All you have to do is set up, view, and grade. We've tried our best to make this process as simple and intuitive as possible. Give it a try, and see for yourself! try out
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Will this cost the students a lot of time?
Making the students select their best contribution can sound like it will cost them a lot of extra time, but this step really is as simple as clicking the chosen contribution. Everything is one place, the rubric is even placed by the select step. try out
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Can I use this in Blackboard, Canvas, or Moodle, and other LMS systems?
YES! There is an integration with all LMS systems. read more
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