RETURNS REVISITED: FINDINGS
- students who missed group work made no effort to give reasons or excuses to other group members
- a few students did not respond because the serves were problematic
- the response option documents were being used in a range of meaningful ways
- but there is a bit of chafing under the systematic rather than spontaneous approach to posting that I am fostering
- there is minor confusion about the relation between online discussion and in-class discussion
- 3/4's of the students reported a difference in their posts in this unit
- students are using my vocabulary
- the value of contributing variety to the group shows up as the main reason students feel satisfied with the changes in their posts
- 3/4's of the students reported that the returns they made had improved
- 1/2 of the students reported that the returns they received had improved
- references to collaborative learning and community have noticeably increased
- a few conversion experiences were reported
