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Author: Thurston, T.

Digital #powerups: hashtags to empower higher-order student engagement in online discussions

Author(s):	Thurston, T.
Date:	2020
Publication:	Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository, UCF
Citation:	Thurston, T. (2020). “Digital #powerups: hashtags to empower higher-order student engagement in online discussions,” in A. deNoyelles, A. Albrecht, S. Bauer, & S. Wyatt (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning. https://topr.online.ucf.edu/digital-powerups-hashtags-to-empower-higher-order-student-engagement-in-online-discussions/.

Section on webpage:	Annotated Assignments
Tenets:	Promoting reflexivity. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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February 11, 2026

Digital #powerups: hashtags to empower higher-order student engagement in online discussions

Author(s):	Thurston, T.
Date:	2020
Publication:	Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository, UCF
Citation:	Thurston, T. (2020). “Digital #powerups: hashtags to empower higher-order student engagement in online discussions,” in A. deNoyelles, A. Albrecht, S. Bauer, & S. Wyatt (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning. https://topr.online.ucf.edu/digital-powerups-hashtags-to-empower-higher-order-student-engagement-in-online-discussions/.

Section on webpage:	Annotated Assignments
Tenets:	Promoting reflexivity. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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August 1, 2024

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