Discussions started by Sylvia Currie

You are incredible humans! Over the past four days you have generated an amazing variety of compelling discussion prompts and offered thoughtful, supportive peer feedback. 

Here are suggestions for the final day of our MicroCourse:

1. Have you refined your draft prompt? Let's see it! (And if you've yet to post a first draft in the Sharing & Feedback forum, please do!)

2. Keep the feedback and re-write suggestions coming.

3. Ask or answer remaining burning questions in the Open Forum.

4. Check your inbox for an “Invitation to provide feedback” and complete the course evaluation. It's best to do this while the experience is fresh!

Sylvia and Beth

The "creations" are accumulating in the Sharing & Feedback forum! Leonne got us started with a learning about learning prompt. Karen invites illustrations rather than text. Beth and I shared our Open Forum discussion prompt -- now that you've experienced it, what would you change?

The suggested timeframe for you to share your discussion prompts (remember, this is only a draft!) is by the end of today. That way there is plenty of time to get and give feedback.

Tip: Open a thread in any forum and you can jot notes in the margins as you're reading, and also see notes others have made public. From the pull-down menu select "annotation help" for instructions. The summary gives you a handy list of all margin notes with links back to the discussion. This is a quiet way to engage in discussions. We use it a lot in FLO courses!

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Keep it rolling!

Let's dive in!

As we begin our week of exploring compelling discussion prompts, we invite you to reply to this question:

What are some things you could say in a discussion prompt that would guarantee a lackluster response from your students?

Get creative! Get kooky! We look forward to your ideas.

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For those who took a preview tour of the course this weekend you probably noticed that it didn't take long!

We've laid out 5 steps in 5 days so you can leave with your compelling discussion prompt in your back pocket along with tips and ideas for many more.

Almost everything you need is in the Activity Packet. Day 1 is all about the research phase and getting your creative juices flowing

Also, take a couple minutes to update your profiles and we'll use those as a way to get acquainted. (Click on your name, top right.)

Questions? Ask anything, anytime in the Open Forum.

Your facilitators,

Sylvia Currie and Beth Cougler Blom

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash

Thanks for signing up for the 'Write a compelling discussion prompt' FLO MicroCourse. The course runs for five days beginning Monday, February 18th. There are 16 of us so far, representing 7 post-secondary institutions and several private organizations. 

Feeling ambitious?

  • Poke around the course to see what's ahead
  • A discussion prompt to get your creative juices flowing is waiting in the Open Forum
  • Ask any burning questions -- also in the Open forum

We aim to keep MicroCourses trim and practical. However, we recognize that this might be your first online course, or first time using Moodle. If you're spending too much time getting oriented, send a quick email to Sylvia Currie (scurrie@bccampus.ca). 

We'll see you on Monday!

Your facilitators,

Sylvia Currie and Beth Cougler Blom