Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Discussion 3

All of your participation in this forum is due before Day 7 of the week. Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and get more out of the course.

Week   One Open Forum

Prepare: Take a few minutes to think about the material that we’ve   covered in this course so far.

Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or   confusing in this past week. Did anything that you learned cause you to   understand an issue and event differently? Have you discovered any habits or   tips that help you to complete your course work more effectively or   efficiently?

Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to   explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that   you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss   difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions.   Your initial post should describe your experiences in the course this past   week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least two of   the following questions: What struck you in particular        as you explored the course materials this week? What insights have you had? What have you been struggling        with? What questions have come up        for you at this point? Do you have any helpful tips        that you’ve picked up in this course or in a past course? Do you have questions about        the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you        have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor        through email or in the Ask Your Instructor Forum).

You are required to post at least   100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times,   the only requirements are that you post at least 100 words total and that you   engage in conversation related to course content. Ask questions, answer   questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage   in a debate about something you learned this week. The only requirement is   that your comments have to relate to the course content.

Provide a full explanation of the   issues that you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had   difficulty finding sources for your Final Project, explain where in the   process of finding sources you had difficulty. Was it choosing a database to   search? Thinking of search terms? Did your search return too many sources   that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results?

Respond to Peers: Similarly, when responding to your classmates, be sure to   elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic   interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is   it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting? Were   you unaware that events associated with the topic took place? Did the   information that you learned change your understanding of those events?

If you have a question for your   instructor, you should contact your instructor through email or in the “Ask   Your Instructor” board. This Open Forum is a place for you to collaborate and   connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor   will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer   all questions.

If you notice a classmate is   struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way   to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but   it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.

All of your participation in this   forum is due before Day 7 of the week. Students who post early in the week,   using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do   well and get more out of the course.

Do you have questions? Check out   the FAQs on the Discussion   Boards page. 

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