NEUTRAL/CONSTRUCTIVE STATEMENT OF ISSUE:  How can learning be improved ...? Under what conditions?

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Help in finding solutions that are Low-Threshold, Incremental, Pragmatic, Flexible, Collaborative, Reasonable, Respectful!  And see this table of options that summarizes these results and extends

This Website offers a variety of   discussion activities,   recommended options, and   other resources to help you explore some of these important and challenging aspects of THE ISSUE:  ...

There are many ways to structure a discussion about THESE ISSUES.  There are almost as many different motivations and goals for addressing these issues as there are stakeholders in the results of the dialogue.  Some approaches are more likely to facilitate civil and constructive dialogue.  Others are more likely to bury opportunities for real solutions.

We hope to help you minimize unnecessary acrimony and maximize constructive give and take - to help you eliminate the flames, reduce the heat, and illuminate the real solutions.

We begin with a list of alternative ways of asking the central questions. 

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Discussion Activities

• Alternate ways of asking questions about this "issue"

• Questions for guiding discussion about factors, resources, ... that influence ...

• Discussion/Activity:  Sample list of factors, resources, ... that Influence ...

• Related queries

• Feedback Form for THIS ISSUE Dangerous Discussions Workshop

• LINK TO OTHER WEBSITES THAT INCLUDE RELATED ACTIVITIES

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• LINKS TO WEBSITES THAT INCLUDE RELEVANT RESOURCES
• Table that summarizes these options and extends them to faculty/professional development programs!
• SUMMARY OF
  Ideas and Suggestions from Respondents to TLT-SWG Listserv RELATED Request <DATE>
• Sample list of factors, resources, ... that Influence THE ISSUE
• Click here for blog about Dangerous Discussions:  THE ISSUE
• Click here for PowerPoint slides and more resources for online sessions about "Dangerous Discussions:  THE ISSUE

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Discussion Activity
Alternate ways of asking questions about THE ISSUE
- 6 Versions & 1 Comment

Which versions are more/less inflammatory? 
For whom?  Under what conditions?

Which versions are more conducive to constructive results? 
For whom?  Under what conditions?

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1. How can learning be improved in ... without reducing student/faculty ratio or increasing the workload for teachers or students?  
   Under what conditions?

2. In which courses and in which ways can information technology be used more effectively to ...  without reducing the quality of teaching and learning?  
   Without further overburdening faculty and academic support staff?  
   Without major external funding?  Without speculative restructuring?
   Without seeing the emperor's clothes!

3. How, if at all, can technology be used to reduce operating costs without sacrificing educational quality or the life expectancy of faculty?

4. “I usually meet face-to-face with 10-20 students in the courses I teach at this college, and I really enjoy the lively – and often thoughtful - discussions. I know I’m lucky. I put my course syllabi on the Web, and often assign Web-based resources to my students. Are there really any ways of adding online interaction that would be any improvement?”

• Comment from PERSON, INSTITUTION, DATE:
  “.....”

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Discussion Activity - Key Questions for THE ISSUE
Click here for PDF version of Activity/Worksheet

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• What is the maximum number ...

• What factors, conditions, or resources most limit ...

• What factors, conditions, or resources would enable you to ...

• Who should be engaged in a constructive "Dangerous Discussions" about ... within your institution?

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Discussion Activity - Sample List of Factors, Resources, ... that Influence THE ISSUE

Click here for PDF version of Worksheet to be used in Factor/Resource Discussion Activity

Factors/Resources
Click on each of the following for more explanation below

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• Other?

Which of these factors needs more explanation?  Which are most important to you? 
Which are most relevant at your institution?
 
What needs to be added to or removed from this list?

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OTHER

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Also, see queries developed about Education, Technology, and Change.  See:

<<http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/QuakerQueriesIWswg2-19-01.htm>>
 

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