Module 1: Guidelines for Substantitive Posts/Online Discussion Participation
Guidelines for Substantive Posts/Online Discussion Participation
Guidelines for Substantive Posts/Online Discussion Participation
Online Discussion Participation:
Discussion among classmates is a major component of this course. Throughout this course, you will be asked to respond to prompts (see course schedule). Your responses should consist of complete sentences and meet the requirements listed in each of the discussion assignment instructions. Additionally, you are required to post thoughtful and scholarly responses to other student postings each week.
Guidelines for Substantive Posts/Online Discussion Participation
1. All posts for the week are due by dates and times listed on the course schedule. Late posts will receive no credit.
2. APA formatting will be used as appropriate for references. It is also expected that scholarly writing including correct grammar and spelling will be used.
Substantive Posts on the Discussion Board
A post or message that demonstrates substance contributes to the understanding and application of ideas by doing one or more of the following:
1. Reflection about meaning: Describe thoughtfully what something means or new insights it provides, or raise a question as a seed for clarification or further discussion.
2. Analysis: Discuss relevant themes, concepts, main ideas, components, or relationships among ideas. Or, identify hidden assumptions or fallacies in reasoning.
3. Elaboration: Build on ideas of others or ideas found in the readings by adding details, examples, a different viewpoint, or other relevant information.
4. Application: Provide examples of how principles or concepts can be applied to actual situations, or discuss the implications of theory for practice.
5. Synthesis: Integrate multiple views to provide a summary, a new perspective, or a creative refashioning of ideas.
6. Evaluation: Assess the accuracy, reasonableness, or quality of ideas.
7. Note: A substantive message does not have to be long. Not all long posts are substantive, and not all short posts are non-substantive.
8. Note: In order to receive full credit each week, you must contribute one initial substantive post and a minimum of 2 substantive responses to classmates. In addition, at least one