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In a face-to-face class, students have numerous opportunities to interact with their instructor and fellow students. Creating similar opportunities for collaboration in a web-based course is one of the biggest challenges of teaching online. Yet, opportunities for meaningful synchronous and asynchronous interaction are plentiful, provided you design and facilitate your online course in the correct manner and with the proper tools.

Asynchronous Lesson Rubric

In an online classroom environment many of the learning activities and expectations are similar to those found in a traditional classroom. These learning environments offer meaningful interactions in a face-to-face setting and are most commonly referred to as synchronous learning activities (Hrastinski, 2008; Harris et al., 2009; Simonson et al., 2012).

This is an interesting article about analysis methods of asynchronous courses.

Note the ways described that using tech in an asynchronous environment allows for better participation.

Excellent paper describing the Productive Online Discussion Model and the limitations of threaded discussions

Tired of the same old open ended questions with minimal debate? Try these suggestions!

Walkie-Talkie App that is now being used by educators synchronously and asynchronously

This article examines the potential of synchronous communication in online education by analyzing the newest tools and platforms that facilitate real-time group communication, and the pedagogy associated with implementing synchronous communication tools into asynchronous learning environments.

VoiceThread is an excellent online tool that promotes meaningful conversation through the use of visual prompts such as video clips, images, graphs, and more. This article gives step-by-step instructions to help educators create VoiceThreads that will engage students and stimulate thoughtful dialogue and collaboration.

Great info about setting norms for synchronous and asynchronous learning environments