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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Facing the Challenge of e-Learning: Reflections on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice through Online Discussion Groups - Phil Clegg and John Heap
The advent of e-learning in higher education has entailed extensive use of online discussion boards to promote collaborative learning among students; however, the role of instructors as online facilitators is typically ill-defined due to a lack of sufficient standards or guidelines for good practice. In their audit of online discussion forum postings in a nursing program, Phil Clegg and John Heap illustrate how facilitators often failed to provide appropriate guidance, beneficial support, or productive intervention to students engaged in course-related assignments and activities. In addressing what could have been done differently to enhance the learning process, Clegg and Heap provide concrete examples of appropriate intervention strategies in different situations—ranging from more generalized forms of support or encouragement to specific prompts to elicit further debate, critique, and reflection regarding specific course-related issues. Based on their audit, the authors ultimately propose a simple model that facilitators can use to formulate clearer criteria to guide them as they moderate online discussions. Although the authors developed this model to enhance e-learning practice in the nursing program, they note that the model can be easily adapted to suit different pedagogical styles and academic settings.
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