In the author's online teaching experiences, she has found that one of the greatest challenges in developing an online community lies in getting students involved with the instructor and other students to a greater degree than they might be with the course content. Students who engage only (or to a greater degree) with the content of the course are missing a lot in terms of the rich discussions that most likely would have occurred in the traditional classroom. ACCESS FULL MANUSCRIPT HERE: http://cnx.org/content/m14135/latest/
