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Week 1 Forum: Introduction, Share Thoughts, and Make a Plan

We are so glad you are here! Students often ask, “Why are forums required?” It is an easy answer. Forums are the best way we have to replicate conversations among students in a brick and mortar classroom. It is a way to engage with your fellow classmates and your instructor. It is a way to share your perspective and insights and learn from the perspectives of others. We encourage you to open yourself to the forum experience and challenge you to expand your knowledge. Keep in mind that getting an education and earning a degree are processes, not events. We hope you will take a lot of knowledge from the forums.

Take a moment to introduce yourself to our group and answer the additional required questions in Forum 1: Introduce yourself, share your thoughts, and make a plan. Remember to review all instructions and follow all directions before submitting your posting.

Be sure to answer both prompts below:

1. Introduce yourself: Keeping digital hygiene in mind, please introduce yourself in a professional manner to the class and to me. What are your educational goals? Please also share something you consider interesting about yourself. What do you think will be the most challenging thing for you as an online student? How will you overcome that challenge? What do you hope to gain from this class? Just for fun, you might also add an image or hashtag that represents who you are and where you are in the educational process.

2. Share your thoughts about how we create an online community. What key elements do you think supports our ability to build an effective learning community? Share your ideas, perspectives and thoughts. How can we use this platform to evolve as learners?

 

Instructions

This week only, your initial post must be at least 250 words. Please make sure you make your initial post no later than 11:55 PM ET Thursday. Respond to your fellow classmates by 11:55 PM ET Sunday. Please engage in meaningful conversation with your classmates and instructor.

Forum Engagement

Best practices for forum posts include: Substantive content. Managing your own forum thread, responding to those who respond to you. Find a few class members with whom you have things in common and start a conversation with them. Expect your instructor to pose questions about the reading material, lesson material, and your experience as a seeker of information.

This forum submission serves as your official entry into the course. Keep in mind that this introductory Forum must be submitted by 11:55 p.m., ET, on Sunday of Week 1 to maintain your registration in the course.

 

Week 1 Rubric	Exceeds (4)	Meets (3.4)	Needs Improvement (3)	Developing (2.6)	No Attempt (0)
ILO: Critical Thinking (Initial response demonstrated understanding)	Discussion response showed evidence of critical thinking by fully answering all parts of the prompt using both personal experience AND information from the lesson to highlight points in initial response.	Discussion response showed evidence of critical thinking by fully answering all parts of the prompt using both personal experience OR information from the lesson to highlight points in initial response.	Initial response answered most of discussion promptAND did not provide evidence to support ideas.	Initial response answered half of discussion prompt ANDdid not provide evidence to support ideas	Did not post.
ILO-IS.A.5: Quality of Academic Communication (Academic vs. Casual Language)	Forum communication reflected widely accepted academic writing norms, was easy to understand, and error free.	Forum communication reflected widely accepted academic writing norms, was easy to understand, and contained some minor writing errors.	The majority of forum communication reflected widely- accepted academic writing norms, was difficult to understand at times, and contained multiple writing errors.	The majority of forum communication did not follow widely- accepted academic writing norms, was difficult to understand, and contained numerous writing errors.	Did not post.
Communication Fluency (Quality of dialogue with peers)	Student responded to peers and demonstrated critical thinking by advancing the forum discussion. At least two of the following critical thinking components were used: •Offered advice or strategy; •Posed a question; •Provided an alternative point- of-view; •Acknowledged similar experience; •Shared a resource.	Student responded peers and demonstrated critical thinking by advancing the forum discussion. One of the following critical thinking components was used: •Offered advice or strategy; •Posed a question; •Provided an alternative point- of-view; •Acknowledged similar experience; •Shared a resource.	Student responded to peers, was on-topic, but did not contribute in a meaningful way.	Student responded to peers but response was off-topic.	Did not respond to peers.

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