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1. Responses are posts that demonstrate that you are participating.
Students are ex
Responses are posts that demonstrate that you are participating. Students are expected to
actively participate in the discussion board(s) each week. Note: * DO NOT post all of your
participation replies on the last day of the week! Doing so does not facilitate student-to-
student interaction and minimizes the learning experience for all. Your instructor may
choose to reduce points if all replies are made on the same day. Responses to others must
add substantively to the discussion by building upon classmates’ ideas and posing critical
questions to further the discussion. For example, a posting of “I agree with what people are
saying” is not sufficient. What is considered sufficient is initiating further discussion,
promoting further thought, providing critical or integrative dialogue, providing effective
support or encouragement, challenging by showing supporting literature or other
documentation, and/or self-reflecting regarding the topic. An ideal response to another
student looks like:Hi Student Name,I appreciated reading your initial post this week as you
highlight many of the difficulties in approaching research from a qualitative perspective.
However, in their work, Jones (2011) notes that qualitative research is an approach to
gathering data that is both inquisitive and challenging. Moreover, what I respect about the
process of qualitative inquiry is that in-depth and personally significant questions or
inquiry can be asked. Do you agree or disagree with Jones’s (2011) statement that
qualitative research is both inquisitive and challenging… and what would you say is the
difference between qualitative and quantitative inquiry?Thoughts?Regards,Student
NameReferences: Jones, B. (2011). Qualitative approaches to data collection. Journal of
Qualitative Research, 12(2), 334-354.