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- Depending on the objectives of
the online conference the instructor may decide to encourage
informality in discussion. For example, the instructor may
decide to let participants know that perfect grammar and
typing is less important than making their ideas and arguments
clear.
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- It is recommended that the instructor
respond to students' postings within 72 hours. The instructor
may not send feedback to every student, however he/she can
respond to several students at once by weaving their contributions
together or summarizing the discussion.
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- The policy of participation should
be clearly stated in the syllabus. Both the importance of
participation to the learning experience, as well as how
participation will contribute to the student grade, should
be emphasized. The instructor also needs to address in the
syllabus the issue of late assignments and how he/she will
handle them.
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- To ensure thoughtful active discussions,
students should be graded on their participation in them.
This grade should be at least 20-25% of the total grade
for the course.
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