Kelly Wilkinson

Peter, I agree with you. I had a tool that was easy for me to build and easy for the student to use but I couldn't get information to report from the technology. It was next to impossible. That is a problem! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Cynthia, Your post really made me think. You really examined the use to technology as to assessment and you make great about structure and response. You are right, if students don't answer in a specific way, it may the question not the person answering it! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Eyad, This is a great strategy! We know through research the best way to be an effective online instructor is to be an online learner. It makes you empathetic to the student. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Audrey, All of your choices are correct by timeliness of PROPER feedback. Its not just about getting info in, it is getting meaningful data out. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Mark, Great post. You are right, the content is fine it is the delivery. It has to be done thoughtfully. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Sean, I love your statement "parts of a whole". You are right. It takes a variety of skills to provide a complete online experience. You also have to know who to go to as you can't do it all but you do have the information! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Elin, I don't understand how these statements fit regarding establishing a teaching pattern. Please explain. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Cathy, Yes, it is also the depth of the technology knowledge and/or skill. We assume that nontraditional students don't have the skills and the traditional students have strong technology skills. I don't find this to be true most of the time. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Cathy, Great post. You do want to make sure the technology is platform agnostic (like the word?) so you don't have to worry that students have a specific platform. We have some technology at our institution that requires a specific version of Java and another technology requires another; that is so frustrating. You also make a great point that the technology should fit the purpose. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Elin, You are right. You don't want the technology to be a barrier. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson