There's no hand-raising in an online classroom, no vigorous head-nodding when a classmate has made a great point. In a virtual class, there's no chance to approach an instructor after a lecture to ask ...

We'd turn into Facebook pals, connect through LinkedIn and arrange Google Hangout sessions where we would help each other -- or more likely, just me -- with homework. We'd swap observations about our ...

For many students, participating in online class discussions feels like a chore—a box to check off for participation points rather than a lively dialogue. “I go in there and do it because I have to,” ...

Here are some of the questions that I would ask If I were a potential student evaluating the quality of an online degree program: 1. Does the class have a regular live online meeting scheduled? 2. How ...

Participation in a discussion board is among the most common assignments in online courses. We typically ask our students to respond to a reading or a prompt and then reply to several of their ...

Most courses at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) include discussion board assignments each week. In fact, you might have discussion boards in every course of your degree program. So, why are ...

My research on teaching and learning in higher education began when I was hired as a graduate assistant at the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, at Northwestern University, back in the late 1990s ...

Women and men behave differently in online class discussions, at least in science, engineering, and computer-science courses, according to a Women and men behave differently in online class ...

So the day of the text-based discussion has arrived and all of the students have had time to think about their ideas, write them down and pair-share in preparation for a vibrant and meaningful student ...