Susan McCourt ICTCM 2011 presentation

1. Effective Use of Online DiscussionBoards Susan McCourt Bristol Community College Susan.McCourt@BristolCC.edu

2. Who’s here today?

3. Why discussion? Engagement with other students and instructor

4. Why discussion? Ask questions Answer questions

5. Why discussion? Display and Discuss Graphs

6. Assignments Statistics Liberal Arts Math

7. Statistics StatCrunch Data Histogram, shape, skew Boxplot, 5-number summary, outliers, dispersion, z-scores Linear Regression: r-value and correlation, equation slope and intercept, residual Normal Distribution: QQ-plot

8. Software for Students Jing: www.jingproject.com Screencast software that can give students embed code First assignment critical

9. Jing and Discussion Also provided: Handout and Video

10. What works? Technology required and early Liberal Arts Math

11. What works? 1) Technology required and early Statistics

12. What works? 2) Rubric with strict grading (and nudging in first assignment)

13. What works? 3) Answer only in Discussion Board

14. What works? If needed, bonus points for asking/helping

15. How do I decide? Enhances learning Fills a hole Worth the work for me and students

16. Other ideas Students photo their work Upload to their computer Use Jing to post

17. Questions? Susan.McCourt@BristolCC.edu