In a classroom students and instructors have several ways to communicate as this module points out. Online we can lose the voice tone and expressions that help people connect and learn. I feel that because of this we need to be more in tune with discussions and take additional steps to engage and lead the class. Staying involved and attentive are a good beginning but posting questions that initiate thinking and research is what draws the student into learning. Students love to provide information that is accurate and helpful to others in the class. The best evidence I personally have of this is my own online music class. Never having taken music I enjoyed reading the posts of those students that had experience and the follow up questions of the instructor. I would research those topics and become involved and educated.