College of Education and Human Development

Instructional Technology Program

EDIT646: Online Mentoring 4:Moderating (2 credits)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDIT 645 or instructor permission. This two credit hour course is designed to assist students in developing expertise with moderating student learning in online environments. The course will include attention to moderating in both synchronous and asynchronous environments to include discussion boards, bulletin boards, chat rooms, and virtual classrooms. Students will develop expertise with moderating strategies to include social dialogue, argumentative dialogue, pragmatic dialogue, community building strategies, questioning, prompting reflection, facilitating conceptual understanding, and serving as a generative guide.

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General Information

Credit hours: 2

Description: Assists in developing expertise with moderating student learning asynchronous and synchronous in online environments including discussion boards, chat rooms, and general communication patterns.

Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite or corequisite: EDIT 645 or permission of instructor.

Semesters taught: Information is currently not available

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