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Communicating history: online tools and pedagogy.(Report)
Abstract
Online instruction provides many tools and resources to instructors and students. How can these technological assets, and the opportunities they offer for both content and communication, improve the quality and kind of learning students experience? This article will discuss the benefits of three communication tools in an online world history survey: asynchronous discussion, a private journal, and a course blog.
Introduction
Discussions of online history instruction commonly emphasize several themes. Practitioners assert that proliferating online resources or "e-opportunities" encourage exploration of primary sources (Eamon, 2006) and ...
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