In a classroom, I like to ask open ended questions as well as ask specific questions about a certain concept we are covering at that time. When working in the classroom, I can take a check of the classroom and see if students understand the material by the look on their faces. If I see the “deer in the headlights” look, I know I need to go back and go over concepts and ask specific questions about why things are not making sense. In an online forum, I use specific questions and real life examples to get students to think about the concepts being taught in the classroom. I also have a broad post for students to post specific questions about homework concepts. However, I do not get the response I would like from this type of post. A lot of the times students ask questions as they are submitting the homework assignment for grading without utilizing this discussion thread. How could I get more response from this post in the online discussion and not have students ask questions when submitting homework (when it is too late)?