Use strategies that invite deep and engaging discussions.
Students submit a photo or image that best describes them or is meaningful to them,…
Students participate in an Oxford-style debate in which they are assigned a stance on an…
Students participate in a fishbowl discussion where half of the class participates in the actual…
Students discuss a topic with someone outside the course in-person or virtually.
Students post either a fact or a myth to a discussion forum for their classmates…
Students engage in deeper conversations when a framework to encourage critical thinking is applied to…
Students co-facilitate a book club discussion around a course-related book.
Students unlock a graded assignment by completing a series of practice activities.
Students predict the outcome of a case study at the beginning of a module. Later,…
Students post photographs along with their written responses to the discussion board.
Students complete a practice problem on the discussion board (for example, writing a short piece…
Students take part in a series of discussions designed to get them thinking like experts…