I was really appreciative today of one of my classmates that e-mailed me directly. I guess she saw that the main ones that were contributing were as frustrated as she was, and she explained that she was going to invite members from another group to join us since they had experienced the same lack of participation. That must have gotten everyone fired up because the discussions REALLY picked up after that.
At that point, however, it became perfectly clear how irritating the technology is for this particular course. It was not helpful at all with seeing what posts had already been read, something that should be fairly straight forward in any CMS. Seems like there are lots of options in the settings area, but more for courses over a full term and not a "boot camp" style as this is.
I really had a good opportunity to think through my completely online course today and communicate with my peers in the course about how I am beginning to feel comfortable now designing the discussion based structure. Because this particular course really focuses on implementation strategies, I do believe I will be able to present the students with some examples that will take some good communication to produce a deliverable. I also got great feedback from some folks that had been there saying that I was on the right track - that definitely made me feel like I am understanding what was being conveyed in our reading!!!
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