Designing Competitive Discussions for Equity and Inclusion

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Title: Designing Competitive Discussions for Equity and Inclusion
Language: English
Authors: Howard, Craig D., Das, Anupam
Source: International Journal of Designs for Learning. 2019 10(1):1-13.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Competition, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Business Communication, Business Schools, Group Discussion, Class Size, Interaction, Inclusion, Student Evaluation, Grading
Geographic Terms: India
ISSN: 2159-449X
Abstract: In this case, we focus on two innovations in the design of competitive discussions for a high stakes learning context. The designer created the intervention to provide learners first-hand discussion experiences despite large class sizes. It was a business communication course, and the large class sizes and group dynamics previously had inhibited constructive feedback and limited learner participation; however, the combination of a (1) time-constrained asynchronous CMC activity, along with (2) strategically selected smaller groups, created an interactive space that matched the designer's values of equity and inclusion that he wanted to bring to the design. The case chronicles a number of unforeseen consequences of logical design moves, and presents a multimodal re-conception of what it means to discuss in the context of modern business school.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1259041
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In this case, we focus on two innovations in the design of competitive discussions for a high stakes learning context. The designer created the intervention to provide learners first-hand discussion experiences despite large class sizes. It was a business communication course, and the large class sizes and group dynamics previously had inhibited constructive feedback and limited learner participation; however, the combination of a (1) time-constrained asynchronous CMC activity, along with (2) strategically selected smaller groups, created an interactive space that matched the designer's values of equity and inclusion that he wanted to bring to the design. The case chronicles a number of unforeseen consequences of logical design moves, and presents a multimodal re-conception of what it means to discuss in the context of modern business school.
ISSN:2159-449X