It is important to have a student's perspective when developing online courses. Often our perception of what students think and feel about online learning is correct while at other times we are off base. It is important to solicit feedback from students about their online learning styles, successes, and failures. 

This activity promotes that you solicit feedback from students in your institution, department, or even the class you are developing online but are currently teaching face-to-face (F2F). Please locate 1-2 students and provide them 4-5 of the questions (sample questions are provided below). This can be done via email, phone, or a face-to-face interview. If you have trouble soliciting student feedback, please contact your instructional designer and they can assist you.

After the interview, post to the discussion board the following:

1. Questions/Responses - Questions you delivered to the students and their responses.
2. Expectations - Did students reply the way you had expected?
3. Impact - How has this activity impacted (or not impacted) your development decisions for your online course?
4. Collaboration - Read at least one other participant's post. Comment to their post if desired (Optional Activity).

Questions developed by <Replace -  Department Name>:

1. Approximately how many online courses (college and k-12) have you taken? And in what subjects? Level of education?
2. What would you say to those who wonder if online learning is “as good” as F2F?
3. What advice would you give faculty about how to most effectively design and deliver online and blended courses?
4. What makes a good online course? What makes one “bad?”
5. What do students expect and what should they expect in an online course?
6. What advice would you offer faculty new to teaching online?
7. What form of content do you prefer to see in a mixed-mode course? Flipped classroom?

Questions developed by faculty:

1. What are some successful/unsuccessful things that your professors have done to create a sense of immediacy or presence or community in a virtual classroom environment?
2. Students must give comprehensive oral presentations in my class. Are you comfortable with such a course being switched to mixed-mode?
3. Do you miss human interaction while taking a course online?
4. What are preferred activities that you learn most from in online courses?
5. What apps are you most likely to use?
6. What programs do you like best when developing (students developing) an online presentation for an asynchronous class? Are you willing to try different software programs?
7. Do you have any special or creative ideas that faculty have used to improve their Teaching Presence in an online classroom?

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