Building Online Learning Communities has come to an end. I am very happy with the feedback I received from my peers. Most confirmed that my ideas regarding my future course were on the right track not only based on their experience, but also the things that we all discovered throughout this course. The interesting thing is that I just received the course "shells" for the classes I will be teaching next term. The Master template for one of the courses became available and I was able to load it up. It is amazing to see how minimal the interaction expectations were for the builders of the course. Other than some work ethics discussion (which does not count towards a students grade), there is absolutely no discussion requested or even set up for the students. I will definitely be changing that!
It is interesting to talk to my wife about these issues now because she is working towards her degree currently and is experiencing some of the same frustrations that I did in this course. How is she supposed to post 4 significant discussion posts each day having 2 being responses when she is the only one to post anything for the day before her bed time? The exact same issues we had to deal with as learners seems to be the norm no matter where you go. The issue that we dealt with of having other students in various time zones could be part of the problem she is experiencing. It is nice to be able to encourage her and to have discussions about what I just learned regarding these issues from the other side of the keyboard!
Overall I am very pleased with the course - I hope that some of my fellow classmates that I teach with will be able to continue this discussion beyond this experience so that we can build on and encourage one another. Looking forward to the next course!
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