Participants’ Experience

Resources for practitioners 17 Contributions

You might find my nine categories for analysing contributions to e-tivities helpful. They work best in discussion-type forums or where there is an online plenary following an e-tivity. The analytical categories make it easier to see what is happening in the debate.

If you wish to assess for contribution, they provide a framework.

Individual thinking

  1. Offering up ideas or resources and inviting a critique of them.
  2. Asking challenging questions.
  3. Articulating, explaining and supporting positions on issues.
  4. Exploring and supporting issues by adding explanations and examples.
  5. Reflecting on and re-evaluating personal opinions.

Interactive thinking

  • 6. Offering a critique, ...

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