Discussion in Online Courses 1. Default Section Question Title * 1. I am primarily interested in discussion in online courses from the standpoint of functioning as: an educational administrator a curious explorer a teacher a student Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Please respond to this question if you are (or in the past year have been) a student in an online course: I FOUND THE DISCUSSION IN MY ONLINE COURSE(S) GENERALLY TO BE: a genuine give and take of ideas a mere sequence of postings with little interaction a mix--sometimes a give and take and sometimes a genuine interaction a waste of time a missed opportunity to interact other Question Title * 3. As a teacher, the primary thing I would like to learn about leading online discussion is this: Question Title * 4. This is a question for the teacher or anyone who is responsible to lead the online discussion.If we categorize questions by type, they might look something like this: (A.)definitions; (B.) facts, specific or general; (C.) relations between facts (comparisons, purposes, explanations, causes, consequences, predictions, or sequences); (D.) opinions; (E.) justifications of opinions.Generally, which type of question do you use to kick off a discussion forum? Definitions Facts Relations Opinions Justifications Other (please specify) Done