The Skillful Teacher

Linking Interaction to Content Modules
Whenever questions are posed as prompts for discussion postings,
or chats, teachers should show how these questions emerge from the
course content. The ability to answer such questions should be
understood to be determined by how carefully students have
reviewed and understood the course content. Discussion questions
should also be sequenced, so that issues explored in one posting are
the basis or prompt for subsequent conversations. Consequently,
students gain a sense that although many of the topics assigned are
challenging, none is arbitrary or viewed as “coming out of left field.”
The course content may be perplexing but the organization of post-
ings and required assignments are seen to have a logical structure.