Kelly Wilkinson

Tracy, I want to use your comment. It is great. I will cite you! :) Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

LaBoore, You are right, you have to be very adept at addressing the issues in a variety of different ways. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Aida, You make a great point. You have to create that safety zone. We forget about that in the online environment. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Ron, I think that is how you develop trust in the online environment. Routine helps develop relationship that helps develop trust. That is the key. Great post. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Peter, What a great post! I agree that we have to evaluate our courses and have others look at it. I think this process should be done in ALL courses not just online. It only makes us better! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Aida, You are right! Organization is such an important part of the course! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Margarette, I think it will become more "required" for students. We just had a higher ed institution in our geographical slapped with a large (over $1M) fine because the federal govt found that their online courses were really not online, they were correspondence courses. Because there was not more group and one on one communication within the course, the course could have been done by mail with no loss. It was devastating and it is making all of us reevaluate our online courses. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Margarette, You make a great point! We do need to reflect on how we communicate to the student. How many different ways to we provide information to the student? Is that overkill? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Margarette, What a great idea! You break up the expectation in different ways than the syllabus. I think I am going to create an interactive syllabus that will allow links and connections. I hope this will work better. . . . Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Ron, It is true, that we assume that students know the technology. You have to make sure that everyone is on the "right" page. It is true that you have to be the tech person at least the first response! Good post. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson