Education Resources
For using Exploratory Discussion in the Classroom & Online Courses
The Collaborative Discussion Project. In partnership with a team of dialogue and deliberation experts and educators, the Interactivity Foundation has created a Certificate in Collaborative Discussion program that recognizes and advances a core set of skills necessary for productive group discussion. The program offers a curated learning experience using activities assembled from the Collaborative Discussion Toolkit.
Additional information about the Collaborative Discussion Project, including the Toolkit, the Certificate Program, upcoming events, project collaborators, and other resources, is available on the Project’s website.
| Resources – for Online Courses | |
| Guidebook for Student-Facilitated Discussion in Online Courses (Wheatley-Hartman & Byrd, 2015)
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64 pages / 5 MB 60 pages / 4 MB |
| Online Course Materials for Student-Facilitated Discussions
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all in editable MS Word format |
| Resources – for Classroom Courses | Pages /File Size or format |
| Facilitation Workbook – Student Edition (Wheatley-Hartman, 2019-20) Also viewable online & downloadable on Issuu |
26 pages / 3.3 MB |
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Classroom Course Materials for Student-Facilitated Discussions (Wesleyan College, 2015, 2017):
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All PDFs |
| Guidebook for Student-Centered Classroom Discussions (1st edition, 2008) a guide for instructors using student-facilitated discussion in the classroom; also available in Albanian (2012; 141 pages/1.6 MB) | 141 pages / 581 KB |
| Teaching Tips (Byrd, Prudhomme & Lea, eds., 2009) | 30 pages / 236 KB |
| Student-Centered Discussion Strategies for the 21st-Century Classroom (Lea & Byrd, 2009) an IF White Paper | 22 pages / 322 KB |
| A Typical Week in the IF Classroom (Lea, 2009) | 3 pages / 144 KB |