Sunday, August 9, 2009

Is everybody stupid but me?

All the online classes I've taken have had a "forum" where you can communicate with your fellow students, sometimes required as in the first class where we were expected to discuss topics, and sometimes just to ask questions and get/provide homework help. Let me tell you, this can be a major source of frustration.

The instructor posts an assignment list for each chapter or section. This lists, in good detail, everything that needs to be handed in and how for the next assignment. Inevitably there are the questions, "but aren't we supposed to do this too?", "Did you mean for us to do this and not that?", "Do you think she wants this or that".....there were times I was sorely wanted to say "CAN YOU READ?!?" with some names added on to the end.

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