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Of the 4 Rs, I would like to focus more on Reflection. It's easy to go through the first three Rs and then blow past what is a very important stage.

Consistent engagement with online learners can help improve learning outcomes 

Students may need more technical support that I originally considered. I have learned a lot through these courses in regards of how students learn and their needs 

Effective communication is essential to reaching our students and improving teaching skills 

Students learn in many different ways with different methods. Its good to stay on top of the different methods of teaching as the population changes. 

As far as prompt feedback goes, I try to post grades and comments as soon as possible, preferably the day after an assignment is due.  Recently I have started using video feedback to give brief but direct comments. My students have responded favorably to this approach (as opposed to my usual detailed but easily ignored text comments).

I can certainly relate to students not having what I consider basic computer skills.  For example, I require students to submit work in Microsoft Word format so that I can insert comments when I grade them.  However, students will frequently submit PDF documents instead.  I'm not sure why this happens.  I would think that .DOCX would be the default format for a Word document, but somehow students still send the PDFs.  I make sure to provide detailed instructions on how to save documents, which includes handy YouTube videos, but it remains enough of an issue that I frequently have to… >>>