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Critical Thinking in the Digital World
Developing Critical Thinking Through Online
Discussions and Web Research
Meena Singhal and Celina Lee
Educational Experience
Community of Inquiry Model
• Social presence - the ability of participants to identify with the community (e.g., course of study),
communicate purposefully in a trusting environment, and develop inter-personal relationships by
way of projecting their individual personalities.
• Teaching presence - the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for
the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes.
• Cognitive presence - the extent to which learners are able to construct and confirm meaning
through sustained reflection and discourse.
What is Critical Thinking?
Definitions of Critical Thinking
• “Reflective thought” rather than routine thought; it’s the process of “active,
persistent, and careful consideration” of the credibility and conclusions of supposed
knowledge or information – John Dewey
• “Such minds are nimble and versatile, enough to see relationships among things, in
addition to subtle distinctions between them; inquisitive, fond of reflecting; patient
enough to doubt and ask questions; and ready to consider multiple points of
view; careful to support points of view and formulate arguments with reasons and
evidence; capable of judging the credibility of sources and making independent
judgments about information, and alert to all deception.” - Sir Francis Bacon, 1605
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy?
Critical Thinking Through Online Discussions
Online Collaboration
• Critical thinking affects all forms of communication – speaking,
listening, reading, and writing - and as such can be practiced daily in
every interaction.
• Problem-Solving, Creativity, Inquiry, and Collaborative Learning
• With online discussion, faculty can engage students in a wide range
of activities that can contribute to intellectual growth.
• Online communication offers the potential for collaboration and
increased participation in the learning process, reflection, peer
tutoring, and monitoring of student learning as it is taking place.
Supporting Critical Thinking Online
• We cannot assume that all students have the critical thinking skills to advance
an online discussion.
• Faculty may also not have skills and practice in monitoring discussions or skills
in creating productive communities of online learning.
Online Activity – Goals and Social Skills
Students should have the skills to:
• Ask the right questions
• Listen to each other
• Take turns and share work
• Help each other learn
• Respect each others ideas
• Build on each other’s ideas
• Construct their own understanding
• Think in new ways
Participation Requirements
Supporting Online Discussions
Faculty must support discussions by:
• Creating well-structured activities (triggering event, exploration,
integration, and resolution)
• Maintaining a focused discussion
• Keeping the discussion intellectually responsible
• Stimulating the discussion by asking probing questions that hold
students accountable for their thinking
• Modeling questioning techniques for students
• Encouraging full participation
• Facilitating by being purposeful
• Periodically summarizing what has been said or done and/or what
needs to be done
Elements of Substantive Faculty
Participation
Facilitation Technique
Socratic Questioning Prompts (Handout)
• Clarity
• Accuracy
• Precision
• Relevance
• Depth
• Breadth
• Logic
• Significance
• Fairness
Role of Faculty
• Provide clearly defined roles and responsibilities for the students
• Develop activities that are well-structured
• Support student learning in discussion threads
• Be a critical thinking coach
• Create substantive facilitation posts
– Integrate experience and current research and events
– Integrate course materials
– Ask focused follow-up questions
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer
conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-10
Kanuka, H., Liam, R. & Laflamme, E. (2007). The influence of instructional methods on the quality of online discussion.
British Journal of Educational Technology, 38(2), 260 – 271.
Walker, G. (2005). Critical thinking in asynchronous discussions. International Journal of Instructional Technology and
Distance Learning, 2(6).
Discussion Formats
• Small group discussions led by an instructor or group leader.
• Buzz groups consisting of two people who discuss issues or problems for a short
period.
• Case discussions using real or simulated complex problems to be analyzed in detail
and a solution or decision offered.
• Debating teams where students improve their critical thinking skills by formulating
ideas, defending their positions, and countering the oppositions reasoning or
conclusions.
• Jigsaw groups where members break into subgroups to discuss various parts of a
topic and then present or teach the information to other group members.
• Mock trials where students assume the various roles of individuals in a real trial
setting.
Discussion Formats
• Introduce guest “speakers” who have invited access to a specific
discussion topic.
• Utilize role playing by assigning specific positions or roles to defend within
the discussion.
• Reflection activities describing the critical things students learned from the
class, how the class might have changed their thinking and/or how they will
apply the new knowledge beyond the class.
Critical Thinking Through Web Research
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
We need to develop students "to evaluate the reliability of
web sources, identify bias, logical fallacies, and deceptive
arguments ...so they can become active, intelligence
and persuasive participants in politics, science, business,
the arts, and society.“
- “From Search to Research: Developing Critical Thinking
Through Web Research”
3 Steps of Web Research
• Find
– Know the different types of resources and search tools
– Understand the application and implication of each tool
• Identify & Evaluate
– Know what is reliable, trustworthy information
• Use
– Know what is ethical use of digital content
Step 1: Find
• Know the difference types of resources and search tools
• Understand the application and implication of each tool
• Visible Web (a.k.a. Open Web)
– Search engines
– General directories (i.e. ipl.org, infomine.ucr.edu)
– Specialized directories (i.e. healthfinder.gov)
– Metasearch tools (i.e. dogpile.com)
– Subject-specific or content- specific search tools
• Deep Web (a.k.a. Hidden Web)
– Subscription databases
– Dynamically generated webpages
Step 1: Find
Periodical articles
Reference sources
Primary sources
Government documents
Literature reviews,
Reports,
And much more!
Step 2: Identify & Evaluate
Give your students the CRAP test:
• Currency
• Reliability
• Authority
• Purpose/Point of View
Criteria for Evaluating Web Information
• WHO put the information on the Web?
– Authority
– Domain (.edu, .org, .gov, .com)
• WHAT kind of information does it provide?
– Objectivity
• WHEN was the information posted?
– Currency
• WHERE is the information coming from?
– Accuracy
• WHY is the information on the Web?
– Motivation
Step 3: Use
• Citing sources accurately and appropriately
– MLA Citation Guide: http://lbcc.libguides.com/mla
• Understanding copyright for images and media
– Copyright is the protection of intellectual property
in various forms (artistic and literary works).
– Copyright protects both published and unpublished
work
United States Copyright Office :
http://www.copyright.gov/
Resources
• Google – Search Education
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching (MERLOT)
http://www.merlot.org

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Critical Thinking in the Digital World

  • 1. Critical Thinking in the Digital World Developing Critical Thinking Through Online Discussions and Web Research Meena Singhal and Celina Lee
  • 3. Community of Inquiry Model • Social presence - the ability of participants to identify with the community (e.g., course of study), communicate purposefully in a trusting environment, and develop inter-personal relationships by way of projecting their individual personalities. • Teaching presence - the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes. • Cognitive presence - the extent to which learners are able to construct and confirm meaning through sustained reflection and discourse.
  • 4. What is Critical Thinking?
  • 5. Definitions of Critical Thinking • “Reflective thought” rather than routine thought; it’s the process of “active, persistent, and careful consideration” of the credibility and conclusions of supposed knowledge or information – John Dewey • “Such minds are nimble and versatile, enough to see relationships among things, in addition to subtle distinctions between them; inquisitive, fond of reflecting; patient enough to doubt and ask questions; and ready to consider multiple points of view; careful to support points of view and formulate arguments with reasons and evidence; capable of judging the credibility of sources and making independent judgments about information, and alert to all deception.” - Sir Francis Bacon, 1605
  • 8. Critical Thinking Through Online Discussions
  • 9. Online Collaboration • Critical thinking affects all forms of communication – speaking, listening, reading, and writing - and as such can be practiced daily in every interaction. • Problem-Solving, Creativity, Inquiry, and Collaborative Learning • With online discussion, faculty can engage students in a wide range of activities that can contribute to intellectual growth. • Online communication offers the potential for collaboration and increased participation in the learning process, reflection, peer tutoring, and monitoring of student learning as it is taking place.
  • 10. Supporting Critical Thinking Online • We cannot assume that all students have the critical thinking skills to advance an online discussion. • Faculty may also not have skills and practice in monitoring discussions or skills in creating productive communities of online learning.
  • 11. Online Activity – Goals and Social Skills Students should have the skills to: • Ask the right questions • Listen to each other • Take turns and share work • Help each other learn • Respect each others ideas • Build on each other’s ideas • Construct their own understanding • Think in new ways
  • 13. Supporting Online Discussions Faculty must support discussions by: • Creating well-structured activities (triggering event, exploration, integration, and resolution) • Maintaining a focused discussion • Keeping the discussion intellectually responsible • Stimulating the discussion by asking probing questions that hold students accountable for their thinking • Modeling questioning techniques for students • Encouraging full participation • Facilitating by being purposeful • Periodically summarizing what has been said or done and/or what needs to be done
  • 14. Elements of Substantive Faculty Participation
  • 16. Socratic Questioning Prompts (Handout) • Clarity • Accuracy • Precision • Relevance • Depth • Breadth • Logic • Significance • Fairness
  • 17. Role of Faculty • Provide clearly defined roles and responsibilities for the students • Develop activities that are well-structured • Support student learning in discussion threads • Be a critical thinking coach • Create substantive facilitation posts – Integrate experience and current research and events – Integrate course materials – Ask focused follow-up questions Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-10 Kanuka, H., Liam, R. & Laflamme, E. (2007). The influence of instructional methods on the quality of online discussion. British Journal of Educational Technology, 38(2), 260 – 271. Walker, G. (2005). Critical thinking in asynchronous discussions. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2(6).
  • 18. Discussion Formats • Small group discussions led by an instructor or group leader. • Buzz groups consisting of two people who discuss issues or problems for a short period. • Case discussions using real or simulated complex problems to be analyzed in detail and a solution or decision offered. • Debating teams where students improve their critical thinking skills by formulating ideas, defending their positions, and countering the oppositions reasoning or conclusions. • Jigsaw groups where members break into subgroups to discuss various parts of a topic and then present or teach the information to other group members. • Mock trials where students assume the various roles of individuals in a real trial setting.
  • 19. Discussion Formats • Introduce guest “speakers” who have invited access to a specific discussion topic. • Utilize role playing by assigning specific positions or roles to defend within the discussion. • Reflection activities describing the critical things students learned from the class, how the class might have changed their thinking and/or how they will apply the new knowledge beyond the class.
  • 21. Critical Thinking in the Information Age We need to develop students "to evaluate the reliability of web sources, identify bias, logical fallacies, and deceptive arguments ...so they can become active, intelligence and persuasive participants in politics, science, business, the arts, and society.“ - “From Search to Research: Developing Critical Thinking Through Web Research”
  • 22. 3 Steps of Web Research • Find – Know the different types of resources and search tools – Understand the application and implication of each tool • Identify & Evaluate – Know what is reliable, trustworthy information • Use – Know what is ethical use of digital content
  • 23. Step 1: Find • Know the difference types of resources and search tools • Understand the application and implication of each tool
  • 24. • Visible Web (a.k.a. Open Web) – Search engines – General directories (i.e. ipl.org, infomine.ucr.edu) – Specialized directories (i.e. healthfinder.gov) – Metasearch tools (i.e. dogpile.com) – Subject-specific or content- specific search tools • Deep Web (a.k.a. Hidden Web) – Subscription databases – Dynamically generated webpages Step 1: Find Periodical articles Reference sources Primary sources Government documents Literature reviews, Reports, And much more!
  • 25. Step 2: Identify & Evaluate Give your students the CRAP test: • Currency • Reliability • Authority • Purpose/Point of View
  • 26. Criteria for Evaluating Web Information • WHO put the information on the Web? – Authority – Domain (.edu, .org, .gov, .com) • WHAT kind of information does it provide? – Objectivity • WHEN was the information posted? – Currency • WHERE is the information coming from? – Accuracy • WHY is the information on the Web? – Motivation
  • 27. Step 3: Use • Citing sources accurately and appropriately – MLA Citation Guide: http://lbcc.libguides.com/mla • Understanding copyright for images and media – Copyright is the protection of intellectual property in various forms (artistic and literary works). – Copyright protects both published and unpublished work United States Copyright Office : http://www.copyright.gov/
  • 28. Resources • Google – Search Education http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html • Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) http://www.merlot.org