I was curious to see if professors who have been using ADB for more than one semester have found different methods, techniques, or strategies that they feel help them use ADB successfully in their courses.

I interviewed 8 professors; 4 from Texas Christian University, who use Discus and MSN Community to enhance their F2F classes, and 4 from various University of Texas components who are teaching distance courses through the UT Telecampus portal. They are all using WebBoard.

  
 

Dr. Judith G. Groulx, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Administration, Texas Christian University. She is using the Discus discussion software in Assessment, 25 students, and Educational Research, 18 students.

 
  Dr. Tracy Hanna, Assistant Professor Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Texas Christian University. She is using the Discus discussion software in the General Chemistry Lab, 100 students.  
  Dr. Linda K. Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Texas Christian University. She is using the Discus discussion software in the Intro to Poetry course, 35 students, and Victorian Women Writers, 9 students.  
  Dr. Charles Williams, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Management, M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University. He is using MSN Community in Organizational Management, 68 students.  
  Dr. Nancy Hadaway, Associate Professor of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Arlington. She is using WebBoard for Secondary Language Arts Methods, 16 students; Content Area Reading and Writing, 22 students; and Language Learning: Educational Perspectives, 22 students.  
  Dr. Lois Hale, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She is using WebBoard forSport Psychology, 15 students.  
  Dr. Charles Lackey, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Texas at Brownsville. He is using WebBoard forProduction and Operations Management, 17 students.  
  Dr. Ivor Page, College Master, Computer Science Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas. Telecommunication. He is using WebBoard for Software Design, 12 students.  
 

You will find a list of recommended strategies and examples of how these professors have used these strategies in the next three sections of this web site.

Strategies - The list of recommended strategies divided into two groups - interaction and instruction

Interaction - Examples of how these eight professors have used ADB successfully to enhance interaction in their courses.

Instruction - Examples of the instructional techniques used by these professors to stimulate critical thinking and learning in their courses.
 Introduction
Strategies  

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