Dive Summary:
- With MOOC discussion forums sometimes hard to navigate, instructors must find ways to help students work together beyond the online discussion boards.
- One instructor created a Facebook page for her Gender Through Comic Books class to foster cooperation; students in that class also formed a GoodReads group and had interaction on Reddit.
- Live meetings, through Google Hangouts or Twitter, can also foster a sense of community by allowing instructors to interact with students.
From the article:
... "Online classes can be really lonely places for students if they don't feel like there's a community," notes Maria Andersen, director of learning and research at Instructure, which runs Canvas Network, an open repository where participating schools can deliver their own MOOCs. ...
