Hi Anne! Thanks so much for your comments and for sharing some of your techniques for the classroom. Mutual respect with our adult learners certainly serves as a platform for motivation and real learning. I often have asked my students about therir expectations of me and of the course just as I am clear as to my expectations of them. You're right - repetition is a fundamental teaching technique to the learning process, particularly if you capture repeated material a bit differently each time. Sometimes, I have asked students (without putting them on the spot)to paraphrase what we have been presenting or discussing; often, I have set up "press panels" of students who are the "experts" and who have the tasks of coming up with tough questions about the subject at hand, this keeps the classroom engaging as well. Looking forward to your additional comments or questions in the forums, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator