Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, It is hard changing culture. You are doing everything you can! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, That is a great idea. I use it too. It makes life so much easier. . . Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, Good, remember these students will develop a relationship with you through text. They do it with their friends all the time. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Samantha, Could you see how you could benefit using authentic assessment within a course? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Sarah, That is true. I would also add that you need to be able to get the information from the assessment tool. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, How frustrated you must be! Do they answer their phone? Students consistently underestimate the time it takes to complete an assignment. You may want to give them a "project calendar" that give them times spent to work on assignments. I have started providing project calendars that parses out the work through the week(s) until assignment is completed. They then can model their schedule from that. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, How frustrated you must be! Do they answer their phone? Students consistently underestimate the time it takes to complete an assignment. You may want to give them a "project calendar" that give them times spent to work on assignments. I have started providing project calendars that parses out the work through the week(s) until assignment is completed. They then can model their schedule from that. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, How frustrated you must be! Do they answer their phone? Students consistently underestimate the time it takes to complete an assignment. You may want to give them a "project calendar" that give them times spent to work on assignments. I have started providing project calendars that parses out the work through the week(s) until assignment is completed. They then can model their schedule from that. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Colleen, It is so important that you know the important technical skills needed by your students. Does your institution provide a tutorial for your students to learn the technology available? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Mark, Kudos to you for seeing the discussion board as the "classroom". You capture what many of us want in an online course, the feeling of togetherness of the class. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson