Problem
Definition
Other suggestions came in the form of student feedback to e-blending applications that I implemented on a test
basis. For example, there were many contributing factors responsible for lack of
participation in classroom discussion
- some cultural, some social, and many types of individual reasons. All of these reasons seemed to point to the need for online alternatives to discussion during the class
session.
Aside from offering continuing social interaction, online communications can address questions or problems that could be
fielded in my role as instructor or by any student who was inclined to share (and test) their
understanding.
Promoting more opportunities for students to communicate among themselves (through access to Web discussion board posting, email messaging, and real-time text chat), I was able to
leverage most of my time outside
the class sessions to addressing
exceptional instructional needs and the inevitable maintenance and refinements to the course Web
sites.