Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary Lord Byng Secondary Sir Charles Dickens Elementary Gladstone Secondary Admiral Seymour Elementary Walter Moberly Elementary Mount Pleasant Elementary Renfrew Elementary A.R.Lord Elementary Kitchener Elementary Windermere

Coppard Glen Markham Gateway Michael Cranny Elementary School Our Lady's College Ashton Meadows Middlefield Collegiate Institute Richmond Hill High School

Thornwood Elementary School Floradale Elementary School

Howick Elementary School St. Willibrord Elementary School Mary Gardner Elementary School

E.C. Drury Provincial School for the Deaf Non-Affiliated La Toile Magique e-Lective

In Class Discussion Groups Supporting Online Discussion

In addition to the regular and ongoing online, asynchronous discussions, students meet in their groups during class time to continue their discussions face to face. This more traditional use of group work seems to provide a more personal connection to fellow group members that appears to enable a more trusting and online discussion environment. Many students have expressed that meeting face to face helps them to think through their ideas; the emotion and energy created in a face to face meeting creates more urgency to share in some of the participants. Where the online discussion allows for more think time and the opportunity to participate actively even after the class, having dedicated class time to group work seems important to the strengthening of the group both online and in person. By addressing both forms of group work, a greater variety of student learning needs have been addressed.

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