{"id":460,"date":"2024-04-05T10:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:01:49","slug":"online-asynchronous-discussions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/online-asynchronous-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Asynchronous Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8d3995\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-411\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/maeec-legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2023\/03\/1807_CESIP-117.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 80%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 80%\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-cc349f81\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-2aafcbe7\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">Online Asynchronous Discussions<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of approaches to facilitating online discussions and managing difficult conversations. Whereas your synchronous sessions you are keeping an eye out for in the moment heated replies, in an asynchronous discussion, the students have time to think and formulate responses. However, this can still lead to heated exchanges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asynchronous discussions can occur in a variety of formats, but typically they occur through the Moodle Discussion forum. These can be places that allow students to explore ideas together and provide an opportunity to use multi-modal approaches as well as allow quieter students a voice. In addition, one role of the online discussion forum is to create a community where students can interact and build connections to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to synchronous discussions, the general approaches outlined above can be applied. A couple of key aspects to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have the framework, purpose, and ground rules visible or easy to click to so students are reminded of expectations and the goals of the discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be an active facilitator so students know you are reading the posts and monitoring. Use your posts to model good discussion post practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have opportunities (either assign students, or do it yourself) for students to summarize the class discussion and ask questions to move it forward and reflect on current direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-2\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"2\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Managing discussion forums\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/oer.pressbooks.pub\/openteach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#Openteach: professional development for open online educators<\/a> Copyright \u00a9 2021 by #Openteach project is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/facilitating-difficult-conversations\/\">Learn more about Facilitating Difficult Conversations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of approaches to facilitating online discussions and managing difficult conversations. Whereas your synchronous sessions you are keeping an eye out for in the moment heated replies, in an asynchronous discussion, the students have time to think and formulate responses. However, this can still lead to heated exchanges. Asynchronous discussions can occur&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/online-asynchronous-discussions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Online Asynchronous Discussions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/difficult-conversations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}