I am finding more students in my classroom that aren't that familiar with computers joining UMA. Although it tends to be scary for them I am excited that they are taking on the new challenge of e-learning along with enhancing their computer knowledge as well. I try to leave encouraging words of appreciate for their efforts.

I'm finding that many of my students do not go back into the discussion board to read comments posted on their answers. I think I'm going to start sending a reminder asking them to review these remarks and respond appropriately.

I think sending a reminder message about my weekly chat sessions will really come in handy for my classes. I know it depends on the students schedule but perhaps a reminder will encourage them to make time. I'll have to try this out.

A lot of my students try to take the easy way out when it comes to answering the discussion questions each week. Some of them give very minimum information about the topic and expect to receive full credit for it. I add my comments by asking more questions and trying to encourage them to elaborate more. What kind of tips would you suggest for instructors?