Dr. Michael,
Your experience is very common among online university instructors. Do you agree that the 30-35:1 is the optimal ratio? Would there be any advantage to handling the 100 student in four groups of 25 for discussions, open chat sessions and other full-group activities to allow all participants more access in those 'total class' activities? Some instructors have expressed the mid-twenty sized groups as being more productive for these 'learning community' activities.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
