In the past I have taken three classes as a student online. I was often frustrated because I was trying to develop the computer skills along with trying to learn the material for the course. Many times I thought the deadlines were a bit unreasonable as well.
This semester I am teaching two online courses. I have enjoyed creating my own shell for the course rather than using the publisher provided version. It does take a lot of time though. I have also enjoyed responding to my student introduction emails but with almost one hundred students that has been quite a time consuming endeavor. I do think that I will know more about these students that I would in a traditional on campus class of this size.
In addition, I have created a professional blog and hope to bring together my on campus students with my online students for discussions. I am hoping extra credit will motivate them to participate. I can see some real value for the younger students for whom technology is second nature and for the quiet and reserved students who might not participate with one on one spoken language communication.
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