Three Ideas for Enhancing Your Online Discussions

Online courses and degree programs continue to be popular with both students and instructors. Many online instructors use discussion forums in their online courses with varying levels of success. This article shares three ideas instructors can use to enhance their online course discussions. Idea 1: Less may be more One frequent complaint I hear from students about online discussions is that they can quickly become overwhelming. For students, sifting through and reading dozens and dozens of…

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