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ERIC Number: EJ1359200
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 39
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0896-5811
EISSN: EISSN-1744-1722
Not Your Mother's Discussion Board: Creating Engaging Discussion Boards in the Introductory Business Law Course
Grant, Shawn
Journal of Legal Studies Education, v39 n2 p127-165 Sum 2022
Discussion boards have been around for more than two decades. They are a feature of most learning management systems (LMS)2 and are one of the earliest tools used in fully online classes, particularly for asynchronous classes. The goal of this article is to provide guidance to instructors in using discussion boards to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment in their introductory business law courses and to share examples from Shawn Grant's experience. Properly used, discussion boards can enhance student engagement and learning in both asynchronous and synchronous modes of teaching. The suggestions presented here demonstrate how discussion board exercises can be created for a variety of topics. Such exercises are scalable so that instructors can use them as a primary learning component or as one of a number of components. Part II of this article discusses some of the benefits of using discussion boards. Part III presents some observations from the literature and from his experience as to best practices for discussion boards and how discussion boards might be used in the online business law classroom. Part IV presents some specific examples of discussion boards he has used in his own classes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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