Task+2

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//"Online discussions do not necessarily support higher levels of learning"// (Kanuka & Garrison, 2004, p.22).

The dual purpose of this task is to advance your understanding of how questioning facilitates higher order thinking in online discussions and provide some practical ideas for you to incorporate into your practice.


 * Learning Outcomes**
 * become familiar with types of questions that can be used to facilitate higher order thinking in online discussion.
 * practise developing higher order questions based on King's (1995) //Generic Questions// by asking your fellow seminar participants questions to probe their thinking.


 * Step 1**
 * Read [[file:King 1995.pdf]] and[[file:MacKnight.pdf]]
 * Step 2**
 * Go to The streamand review people's responses to Task 1.
 * What are the implications of Kanuka and Garrison's (2004) reading for teachers in an online learning environment?
 * What does a teacher need to be aware of in order to create a learning discussion that actively promotes higher order thinking?


 * Use King's (1995) //Generic Questions// as a model and ask each person one or two questions to challenge and extend their thinking about what they need to be aware of when facilitating higher order thinking and how they will approach this in their educational contexts.


 * Step 3**
 * Look at the questions you have been asked.
 * Respond to **at least one** question.
 * Divide your response into two parts. In part (a) write your 'answer' to the question. In part (b) explain how or why this question challenged your existing thoughts.