I have noticed that most students administer lurking (watching, but not engaging in, a discussion) during synchronous chats. What are ways to improve on the drawback? One of my strategies is to include interactive sessions during the chat session. This gives me the opportunity to get participants involved. Your thoughts?

I often refer my students to pick any opensource project and get involved in testing it. That is another way to practice hands one experience.

One of the students’ reflections in software testing course is the need for them to practice real hands on testing. This can be achieved by instructional designers incorporating real life software testing projects (dummy project) into the virtual classroom to enable hands on experience on software testing projects. This strategy will help integrate theory and practice and thus enhance students’ learning outcomes. Your thoughts?