Teaching & Learning Track

Best Practices in Online Discussions: Insights from 10 Years’ Experience Teaching Online Courses

The threaded discussion is a major component in many asynchronous online learning courses. Learn strategies and techniques in using online discussions as drawn from recent research and the personal experiences of an online instructor with 10 years' experience teaching online courses using a variety of learning management systems.

Presenter: John Thompson

John Thompson, PhD, is a recently retired Associate Professor at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, NY, in the Educational Technology graduate program where he teaches almost all his courses as 100% online courses.