Education Resources
For using Exploratory Discussion in the Classroom & Online Courses
IF Collaborative Discussion Certificate Program. 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.
To find out more, you can download the program description for the Certificate in Collaborative Discussion- May 2021 (8 pages).
| Resources – for Online Courses | |
| Guidebook for Student-Facilitated Discussion in Online Courses (Wheatley-Hartman & Byrd, 2015)
|
64 pages / 5 MB 60 pages / 4 MB |
| Online Course Materials for Student-Facilitated Discussions
|
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 |
|
Classroom Course Materials for Student-Facilitated Discussions (Wesleyan College, 2015, 2017):
|
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 |