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	2: Re: Quescussions By: James Dalziel	In response to 1	10/19/05 05:13 AM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
I haven't yet tried "Quescussions" as they are described in the article, but I think the general spirit of asking students a set of structured questions, followed by reflections on group answers, is very much in tune with LAMS. An advantage of LAMS for the Quescussion process is that authors have several different tools that fit this format - obviously Q&A, but also voting could be used along these lines, together with both Chat and Forum for more extended questionning. I think a structured sequence of questions that uses different tools from time to time would help to keep the topic "fresh" for students, and avoid a sense of repitition that might arise if there are many questions and only one type of tool to ask them. Posted by James Dalziel

	3: Re: Re: Quescussions By: Peter Miller	In response to 2	10/19/05 02:58 PM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
My "take" on the quescussion process as outlined in the 10 principles is that it is more Q&Q than Q&A! I'm just as keen to get students asking questions as answering them and the "no question is too stupid" axiom seems a good one for a warm-up activity. I guess Chat is the obvious vehicle, as you say, with the Forum maybe as a more structured environment for developing particular themes. Posted by Peter Miller

	4: Re: Re: Re: Quescussions By: James Dalziel	In response to 3	10/20/05 09:21 AM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
Good point about the importance of questions themselves. I guess you could also use the Q&A tool to get students to express the questions they have about something (not just their answers to a question that you pose), followed by reflection on the different questions across the group. Posted by James Dalziel

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