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What is Expansive Questioning

Chapter 70
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
A questioning technique that asks the learner to consider how a remark might be applied, or more fully explain a remark, or respond to a “what if” question. The technique has the capacity to invite reengagement or processing at a deeper level.
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Core Competencies for Facilitating Asynchronous Discussions
Alice Bedard-Voorhees (Colorado Mountain College, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch070
Abstract
A number of online tools can now be used in courses for group interactions. This article focuses specifically on asynchronous discussion software that allows one-onone and one-to-many interaction, still predominantly text based and independent of time. It remains a useful communication tool because online classes commonly have learners checking in at different times or from different time zones. This discussion tool offers great opportunity to faculty if thought of as “the classroom space,” and skilled facilitation by faculty in these spaces encourages community and interaction not only among class members, but also with content (Bedard-Voorhees, 2005; Dawley, 2007).
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