Interaction in online courses
Origin: 1740–5 0; inter- + act interact. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged . Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/interact (accessed: June 13, 2012). I like the division because it emphasizes the "act" part. The first time a taught an online class with Blackboard I learned a couple of things about interactivity. First, I had a student that had taken a class from me before. He sat at the back of the room and never said a word. I noticed that he was quite active on the discussion board. When I saw him at an art opening I remarked that he was more active on the discussion board than he had ever been in the classroom. I asked him why. His response was short. "I don't like speaking in public." The second thing I learned was by accident. I had to be out of town for a conference and I posted an announcement telling the class that I would have limited access to the Internet but that they should continue the week's