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Yvette, Great post! You are right, if the tool is too expensive students will not have access to it. Also, if you make a student buy it and YOU don't use it, it can set students up for problems in the next course. You don't want the technology to be a barrier to the learning. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Microblogging Activities

Gracie, I love your strategies to using Twitter. That seems to be the place where students are "hanging out" now. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Successful Online Learning Techniques

Angela, You may want to look at remind101.com. It provides you a way to text students reminders without using your own phone number. My students really like it. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Identifying Technical Skills

Angela, I agree with your list of technical skills. How do you determine their abilities? Do you have tutorials or videos that help re-mediate them? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

Angela, This is such a strong strategy. It is interesting that you have students sign up in advanced. That is a great way to make students plan for the interaction. Do you change the time it happens from week to week? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Angela, You have some great strategies. Sometimes a quiz is just the thing to remind students how important the information is. Also you modeling good communication skills is so important. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Student Self-Analysis

Angela, Great post! A self analysis would help you provide that individualized learning that can greatly improve the leaning of a student. You can match resources with need. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Establishing a Teaching Pattern

Michael, I agree with you. They need to know expectations. Do you give them examples of good work and bad work? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Virtual Environment Technology Tools

Michael, You make a great point. You want to make sure students have some success with using the technology. That can be the best way to ensure confidence and improve success! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Assessment

Erin, Wow, what a great post. Yes, sometimes students see online work as busy work; connecting that work to the objectives and using Bloom to articulate the purpose is a great way to do that. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson