1. Student Panel
Kennesaw State University online students tell us how they feel about their online classes
Hosted by Tiffani Reardon, Instructional Designer for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University

2. What is the most annoying component of your online courses?

3. All things being equal, which one (online or face- to-face) would you pick and why?

4. What is your favorite and least favorite aspect of online learning?

5. Other than technology, what’s your biggest frustration about online classes?

6. Describe course elements of your best experience in an online learning environment.

7. What does it take to be successful when taking an online class?

8. What’s the most helpful thing a faculty member can do in an online class to help you stay engaged?

9. How do you get to “know” your online professor/instructor and other classmates? Which environments do you prefer? (written introduction, video, , news items, VoiceThread, s, discussions, Blackboard Collaborate, etc.)

10. What do you miss about face-to-face learning that you don’t get online
What do you miss about face-to-face learning that you don’t get online? What do you gain?

11. Do you like video content? How long do you think a video should be?

12. If you were to design the next release of D2L BrightSpace, what would you keep? What would you add? And what would you change?

13. What is the one thing that you wish every professor did in their online courses?

14. Name one thing we as a group could do to improve the online learning experience.

15. Are optional in class discussions desirable for an online course?

16. Why are you motivated to take online classes?

17. Do you prefer assignments within a unit to have “gated” release times and staggered due dates (i.e. first exercise due Mon., second due Wed., etc.), or do you prefer for all assignments within a unit to be available for completion on your own time (i.e. all assignments for one week would be available when the week begins)?

18. What are qualities of discussions and reflection assignments that you get the most out of?

19. What are some engaging activities you have enjoyed participating in during your online learning experience?

20. What are some ways that instructors can make discussion posts more engaging (encourage authentic student-to-student interaction)?