• Blackboard Quick Start Guide - Announcements, Email, Online Discussions
• Online discussions
• Blackboard Collaborate live chat 

• "Comfort" as a Critical Success Factor in Blended Learning Courses - Online Learning, 20(3). Futch, L. S., DeNoyelles, A., Thompson, K., & Howard, W. (2016)
• "I 'feel' like I am at university even though I am online." Exploring how students narrate their engagement with higher education institutions in an online learning environment - Distance Education, O' Shea, S.; Stone, C.; Delahunty, J. (2015)
• Keeping Students Engaged in a Transition to Online Learning - a recorded webinar about instructor presence and adaptability 
• Student Interaction with Content in Online and Hybrid Courses: Leading Horses to Proverbial Water. - Informing Science, Murray, M., Pérez, J., Geist, D., Hedrick, A. (2013)
• Student Perceptions of the Most Effective and Engaging Online Learning Activities in a Blended Graduate Seminar - Online Learning, 22(3), 87-102. Cundell, A., Sheepy, E. (2018)

Mastering online discussion board facilitation: Resource Guide, Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-onlinelearning-mastering-online-discussion-board-facilitation.pdf

SAMPLE RUBRICS

• Rubric for asynchronous discussion participation
• Online discussion rubric
• Class discussion rubrics - undergraduate and graduate courses

ARTICLES

Arend, B. (2009). Encouraging critical thinking in online threaded discussions, Journal of Educators Online, 6(1).  https://www.thejeo.com/Archives/Volume6Number1/Arendpaper.pdf

Baker, D.L. (2011). Designing and orchestrating online discussions. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 7(3), 401-411. https://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no3/baker_0911.pdf

Ezzedeen, S. (2008). Facilitating class discussions around current and controversial issues. College Teaching, Winter 2008, 230. Retrieved from: https://ctlt.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/modules/discussion/facilitating_discussions.pdf

Encouraging critical thinking in online threaded discussions, Journal of Educators Online. Arend, B. (2009).

Designing and orchestrating online discussions. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Baker, D.L. (2011).

Facilitating class discussions around current and controversial issues. Ezzedeen, S. (2008).

Teaching critical thinking through online discussions, Educause Quarterly, Macknight, C. (2000).

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