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Peer Interaction Tools

students talking
Students are more likely to succeed in courses where they build relationships with their instructor and classmates. There is a lot of research to support the use of interaction in teaching and learning (see Resources below for more).

 

Best Practices

  • Decide what type of interaction you want students to have and use that to guide your choice of tools
  • Limit your course to one or two tools, so students can focus on the content, not learning how to use each tool
  • Using UAA Core Tools increases the chance that students will use the tool in other courses, so only use external tools if there is a compelling pedagogical reason
  • Introduce each tool with a low-stakes assignment to let students practice using it
  • Plan how to make activities fully accessible as you design them

Peer Interaction Tools

There are a variety of ways to structure student engagement with the content, with you, and with each other. This page covers tools that primarily create opportunities for student-student interaction. Use the Peer Interaction sheet on our Tools Comparison chart to decide which tools best fit your needs. Students can also interact with web conferencing tools.

 Resources

Faculty Development & Instructional Support 
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, Instructional Design, and Center for Community Engagement and Learning 
Library 213 • 907-786-4496 • uaa_facultysuccess@alaska.edu  Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.