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Information and Ideas: During class, the instructor uses lecture lectures and class discussion discussions to help students understand the basic elements of the texts (plot, character, style, etc.).
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If the prompts and parameters are set up right, an online discussion can be more substantial and meaningful than an in-person one.
Students who are silent in a live discussion often have incredibly insightful things to say online.
An online discussion does not need to “go through” the instructor to be of high quality. (In contrast to some in-class discussions, which may be controlled/mediated by the instructor or conducted in small groups, in which case the instructor can’t monitor the quality and substance of all the discussion.)
Online strategies make it is easy to take advantage of the full range of resources available online, allowing students to pursue their own personal interests and encouraging student-to-student learning.
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