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What is Synchronous Online Courses

Chapter 6
Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education
Online courses in which instructors and students need to be online at the same time in order to participate in virtual classes.
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Successful Design and Management of Asynchronous Discussion Forums in Online Higher Education
Andreea Cervatiuc (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8286-1.ch006
Abstract
This chapter focuses on asynchronous discussion forums in online higher education. Drawing on recent research and her experience as the program coordinator of an online Master of Education and developer and instructor of online courses, the author of this chapter identifies and explains some principles for the successful design and management of asynchronous discussion forums, such as the relevance of the course topics, flexible, accountable, active, collaborative, and focused learning and the ideal role of the online instructor. The author also proposes a framework for the effective organization of learning modules in asynchronous online courses.
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