Charles Curry

Critical thinking is a needed part of the work world, but there is a need for creative thinking.

Organization ,which ever style is used, is importatnt

A course that is easy to do and is not frustrating to finish

Posting information form previous courses creates a baseline for a subject. If that information has changed ,developed, the instructor can update the course and not need to start over again

I live on the and that brings along a lot of distractions. I close the blinds.

Organization is critical to course management. Like when you have student groups taking the course from multiple location. Example would be having a mix of civilian students and military students. Hard to manage the military schedule/deployments and try to keep them in the timeline for a course

CTC....Even students only "disabled" by language could have issyes

CTC

I concur with the comment that the instructor needs to clearly state the intent of the blog and the requirements that support it.

Microblogging is useful, but on the cross cultural environment, I feel you have to evaluate the student body to make it work. Shortening phrases can lead to misinterpretations and possible cultural insults.

CTC

Implied.. Any method of assessing the effectiveness , has to be tailored to the the student makeup and background. Most of my instruction is multinational. Language, culture, religion, impacts the methods and the resources that have to be considered for each country