Students who enrolled in online courses tended to have stronger academic preparation and come from higher income brackets, researchers found that students who took online classes early in their college careers were more likely become self-directed learners than those who took only face-to-face courses.

What learning objects have you created and how does that serve as a workload management strategy?

What methods do you use for formative course evaluation?

What methods have you developed to manage dynamic course elements?

How can participating in professional development courses serve as a workload management strategy?

How do you create a good atmosphere of collaboration without overtaxing yourself as an online instructor?

How do you model good communication that works in your favor regarding workload?

What are your "rules" for emailing for your students?

What strategies do you use to involve students, as part of smart workload management strategy?

How do you balance work and life when teaching online?

How do you manage your time when teaching online?

What strategies do you use to reduce emails and improve communication with your students?

What role does course design have in managing workload for the instructor?

What technology support documents or information have you created to support your online students?

What information management skills have you developed as an online instructor?

What time management skills have you developed as an online instructor?

How does implementing Chickering and Gamson's seven principles for good practice in education improve your online course?

Synchronous learning takes place when two or more people are communicating in real time. Sitting in a classroom, talking on the telephone, chatting via instant messaging are examples of synchronous communication. So is sitting in a classroom a world away from where the teacher is speaking via teleconferencing. Think "live." Asynchronous learning, on the other hand, is thought to be more flexible. The teaching takes place at one time and is preserved for the learner to participate in whenever the time is most convenient for him or her. Technology such as email, ecourses, online forums, audio and video recordings make this possible. Even snail mail would be considered asynchronous. Fancy word for convenience. I prefer Synchronous learning.

Our students are entering a world in which 60% of the jobs will require technological competency--a world in which they must continue to update their occupational and technological skills in order to be successful. We must enable them to become technologically competent. We must take advantage of the capacity of technology to enhance our traditional classroom presentations and to engage our students in active learning.

One area I started here many years back was checking the DB and emails in the am and pm, and email at lunch. This made the amount of material to cover at each login minimal and easy to manage.