Facilitating meaningful interaction among students is a significant challenge of teaching in the online environment. This paper presents a semester-long approach that enables quality interaction among group members within undergraduate online group communication courses while experiencing the challenges of working with geographically dispersed…

The teaching and technology associated with the distance delivery of education are relatively new and rapidly changing. Effective teaching and learning methods are still being developed. The following suggestions are based primarily on patterns and experiences in instructional telecommunication within the University of Alaska System: (1) students…

The discussion of reflective techniques for second language teaching is intended for teacher trainees and in-service teachers and focuses on practical applications of the reflective method. Each chapter presents an important dimension of teaching and poses questions for classroom observation, investigation, and critical reflection. The suggested…