Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rajan Mahadevan

May 13, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min

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Motivating Student Discussions with Packback

After having been dissatisfied with the discussion board on Canvas, Dr. Rajan Mahadevan shares how discussions on Packback motivated students to post higher-quality questions.

INSTITUTION

Virginia University of Tennessee Knoxville Tech

DEPARTMENT

Psychology

COURSE

Advanced Cognitive Psychology

SIZE

21 Students

“ Packback is great because it gets to the very core of what an educational system should have, which is to get people to think deeply for themselves and to get other people to think deeply about topics that are of importance.“