Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rajan Mahadevan

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.


Community Stats

QUESTIONS

154

AVG CURIOSITY SCORE

50

RESPONSES

277

AVG WORDS PER POST

116




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