Promoting Critical Thinking in Online Discussion Threads: Lessons Learned Teaching Economics

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Onodipe ◽  
M. Femi Ayadi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teaching Economics ◽  
Discussion Threads

Heutagogy Approach Using Trello Online Learning on the Critical Thinking Skills Amongst Students With Different Learning Styles

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Mohan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Arumugam Raman
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Foundation Programme ◽  
The University ◽  
The Given

Trello online discussion has become one of the important strategies for the University Utara Malaysia Management Foundation Programme student to teach other students to think critically in conveying their ideas and become more proactive and creative in critical thinking subject. In a heutagogical approach, learners become highly autonomous and self-determined while learning online. They use Trello online discussion tool as self-determination learning. Trello enable the learners to use their capacity and capability with the goal of producing learners. Trello online learning was conducted to examine its effectiveness in enhancing macro critical thinking among active-reflective learning style. The students discuss and write their ideas in Trello. Ideas that are posted in Trello will be displayed in front of the class so that the entire learners in the class could see the given ideas. Paul's model was used to analyze learners' critical thinking in Trello online discussion.

Discovering genres of online discussion threads via text mining

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Ren Lin ◽  
Lu-Shih Hsieh ◽  
Fu-Tai Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Discussion Threads

scholarly journals Enhancing learning through the discussion forum

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nantha Kumar Subramaniam
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Online Discussion Forums ◽  
Collaborative Discussion

Asynchronous online discussion forums play an important role in adult online courses, and have many possible functions. Our experience in using the discussion forums in online courses for task-based collaborative discussion has led us to many questions about the optimal ways of using online discussion to support collaborative learning, such as how should instructors structure online discussions in a way that it promotes collaborative learning? What should instructors do to enhance learners' reflective thinking, critical thinking, or problem solving in online collaborative discussions? The challenges of using forum in learning have also been highlighted by many researchers. In this paper, we present a so-called “smart” discussion forum to support, monitor and facilitate task-based collaboration for the learning process of adult learners to advance their development of critical thinking.

Perspectives from a pediatrician about diagnostic errors

Diagnosis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geeta Singhal
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Diagnostic Errors ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Key Concepts

AbstractThis opinion paper provides perspectives from a pediatrician about diagnostic challenges in caring for children. This essay shares personal experiences and lessons learned from a pediatric hospitalist about caring for children and making errors in diagnosis. This piece offers guidance about how to teach medical learners key concepts about error in diagnosis with underscoring the importance of developing critical thinking skills. Finally, the author offers tips from the literature about how physicians and other care providers can reorganize their own thinking (metacognition) to address their clinical practice.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned Designing and Using an Online Discussion Forum for Care Coordinators in Primary Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (13) ◽  
pp. 1851-1861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne M. Ferrante ◽  
Asia Friedman ◽  
Eric K. Shaw ◽  
Jenna Howard ◽  
Deborah J. Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Care Coordinators

scholarly journals Using the Photovoice Method to Elicit Authentic Learning in Online Discussions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Beatriz M Reyes-Foster ◽  
Aimee DeNoyelles
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Authentic Learning ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Course Content ◽  
College Classrooms ◽  
Points Of View

While online discussions remain popular in college classrooms, mixed results persist about their effectiveness in eliciting authentic learning. This case study explores how students perceive the influence of the Photovoice method on their authentic learning, critical thinking, engagement, and peer interaction in an asynchronous online discussion. Photovoice is a research method combining photography with social action, in which people express their points of view by photographing scenes that highlight certain themes. Students in an online undergraduate course engaged in an online discussion which asked them to connect personal images to the course content. Students reported that this strategy supported authentic learning, critical thinking, engagement, and interaction; in addition, a correlational analysis found that these factors are highly interrelated. This case study proposes recommendations for practitioners interested in using a similar approach.

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