As the instructor, you can decide if the story will have a certain theme related to online learning in general or related to a topic that you will be covering that semester. If you choose a theme, be sure to identify it in your instructions on the Discussion board. (e.g., "Challenges of taking an online course." "The first day I opened my new business", etc.)
Then, start the story! "Once upon a time, I decided to begin my college education by enrolling in an online course. With a trace of apprehension, but with mounting excitement, I placed my cursor on......"
Instruct the students to read through the other posts and continue the story from the last student who posted with a paragraph or two sentences. Suggest that they leave the last sentence incomplete such as "...and then..." or "This resulted in...".
SETTING UP
- You will want to set up the discussion board to NOT allow threaded replies.
- Do NOT click on "Users must post before seeing replies".
- Decide to have it graded or not. (Bonus points for icebreaker activities is always welcome from students and encourages participation.)
- Instruct the students to post their part of the story by clicking on the Reply link to the Discussion forum...NOT the student's post.
ENDING THE STORY
- You might have the story end with the due date and then message the first student who posted to provide an ending to the story.
- You might provide a debrief assignment where students can relate if their part of the story was completely made up or related to an actual experience.
- You can create another Discussion forum to relate how the story might be relevant to a topic covered in your class.
Check out the Discussion Forum below to see how it might look:
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