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Vertical scale with low at the bottom and very high at the top:

• Student initiated seminar discussions [Very high time commitment and cognitive load]
• Instructor initiated seminar discussions
• Discussions based on student question prompts
• Discussions based on instructor question prompts
• Topical discussions (for example discussing a news article)
• Casual content-related discussions
• Purely social discussions
• Open or optional forums for students to ask questions [Least time commitment and cognitive load]