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Moran, Francis. "Real Politics, Virtual Debates: The Advantages of Creating Online Debates in Introductory and Advanced Political Science Courses" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC, Feb 18, 2006 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101379_index.html>

Moran, F. , 2006-02-18 "Real Politics, Virtual Debates: The Advantages of Creating Online Debates in Introductory and Advanced Political Science Courses" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101379_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Fostering lively classroom debate on contemporary political issues is a valuable tool for engaging students in political science courses. Besides stoking student interest, open debate and discussion can help sharpen critical reasoning skills and develop student confidence in oral expression. Yet the online classroom seems to pose some daunting challenges for using this resource. Students tend to have little familiarity with each other, differing schedules and availability, and limited faculty contact (as least as compared to traditional classrooms). Nonetheless over the past 4 years in teaching both traditional and on-line versions of introductory and advanced political sciences courses I have attempted to develop something analogous to the traditional classroom debate for students in the virtual classroom. My presentation showcases some of the techniques that I use in a virtual discussion. I address the advantages and disadvantages of real-time chatrooms, usenet-type discussion forums, and weblogs as viable tools in the virtual classroom. My experience has been that the discussion in the online debates seems to be more open, and the ideas and arguments more developed, than analogous activities in the traditional classroom. To ascertain the success of using debates in online courses, I compare student performance as measured by exams and final grades from the online and traditional versions of my courses. My data indicate that while virtual debates can be more difficult to sustain and develop, the benefits gained by investing the extra time in doing so are worth pursuing.

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