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Online discussions

Assessment description

Online discussions provide affordances for students to brainstorm ideas or work on project collaboratively, share their work, and reflect on the learning process. Different activities could be designed and implemented in online discussions to promote analytical and critical thinking. Start with a question or a prompt from the readings, the News or a video and ask students to post an original thought and a response to at least one other classmate’s comment.

Taxonomy and type

Blooms’ cognitive levels:  Analyze, Create, Evaluate 

Assessment type:  Formative 

Source of assessment

University of Calgary: Taylor Institute

https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/alternative-online-assessments

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