1. Promoting Student Collaboration Using an Online Discussion Board Professor Candice Kaup-Scioscia Dr. Roseann Torsiello Berkeley College "What Do You Think?”

3. Student Engagement What we think our students feel What students actually feel (well, sometimes)

4. Engagement: Traditional Classroom Motivation Participation Interest

5. Engagement: Online Classroom Motivation Participation Interest What changes?

6. Clerical Needs

7. Collaboration

8. And, of course – discussion. Topics Research Idea Exchange Organization Topic Threads Documentation Conclusions

9. 21 st century water cooler/student lounge Critical Thinking and Writing Skills Skills Research Reflection Recursive Writing Documentation Practice Modeling A community of independent learners

10. Thoughts Dr. Roseann Torsiello: rtt@BerkeleyCollege.edu Candice Kaup Scioscia: cmk@BerkeleyCollege.edu