Too many things on the go to get to the two on-line sessions this week but I managed to get myself organized for the Thursday wrap-up or overview. It seems to me that it helped put some pieces into the picture for me. I had never heard of the term "substantive interaction" to do with on-line instructions so that was a heads up. After hearing about interaction meaning : student to content; student to student and student to instructor it has given me something to consider as I am revamping a course I am currently instructing. (I think I chucked out a lot of the student to student activities as they never seemed to work.)
The other take away was from Chickerings work - "Emphasize time on task: doing vs. absorbing". I need to get my head around this concept. I am not clear on how this comes across in the on-line community but I am thinking I am now absorbing what I didn't get a handle on yesterday and didn't have the consciousness to figure that out until looking over my notes today.
I had figured out the idea that on-line discussion needs to be tied to rewards versus the face to face discussions that happen in class. I was hoping that I had missed something in the on-line andragogy and that there was a way around the marks issue.
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