{"id":7546,"date":"2019-11-25T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2019-11-25T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T10:50:35","slug":"facilitating-online-debates-with-discussion-boards-kardi-somerfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2019\/11\/25\/facilitating-online-debates-with-discussion-boards-kardi-somerfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Online Debates with Discussion Boards &#8211; Kardi Somerfield."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northampton.mediaspace.kaltura.com\/media\/Kardi+Somerfield+-+Facilitating+online+debates+with+discussion+boards\/1_2otz4haf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/kardi-debates.png\" alt=\"Link to video case study. \" class=\"wp-image-7547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/kardi-debates.png 699w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/kardi-debates-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Lecturer in Marketing Kardi Somerfield provides a reflective insight into how students can be involved in both module content creation and assessment design, by facilitating online debates which inform the end of year exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with third year Marketing students in\nthe module \u2018Issues of Advertising Practice\u2019, &nbsp;Kardi encourages her students to view\nthe debates as an opportunity for democratic learning by giving them the role\nof a weekly chair. To fulfil this role students must begin a topic with their\nown question, host a debate and nominate a best post of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her approach has been highly commended by the module\u2019s External\nExaminers as being innovative and well run. The Dean of Learning and Teaching,\nProf Ale Armellini said: \u201cKardi\u2019s approach is highly engaging for students, as\nwell as rigorous and innovative. This is an exemplar of active blended learning\nin practice, where student centredness, personalisation and interaction operate\ntogether towards the achievement of outcomes and a fantastic learning\nexperience\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/northampton.mediaspace.kaltura.com\/media\/Kardi+Somerfield+-+Facilitating+online+debates+with+discussion+boards\/1_2otz4haf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Senior Lecturer in Marketing Kardi Somerfield provides a reflective insight into how students can be involved in both module content creation and assessment design, by facilitating online debates which inform the end of year exam.<\/p>\n<p>Working with third year Marketing students in the module \u2018Issues of Advertising Practice\u2019, &nbsp;Kardi encourages [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,21,251],"class_list":["post-7546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-un-case-studies","tag-abl-practitioner-stories","tag-abl","tag-uon-case-study"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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