It's Playing, Just With Research

For awhile now I have been preoccupied with thoughts about the future of education, and the extent to which we want to rely on online education; over this past year, this train of thought has been traveling through areas of higher education and Catholic universities for how to better create online learning communities. Ideas from this train of thought have included:

Teachers are the gatekeepers and guides to better learning experiences and outcomes for students whether through online or offline learning.

— CarrieLynn Reinhard (@MediaOracle) March 5, 2015

To create #onlinecommunity in #onlineeducation you have to help professors develop their teaching skills whether they are online or offline.

— CarrieLynn Reinhard (@MediaOracle) March 5, 2015

I am getting to the point where the train needs to pull into a station — where I need to report on these ideas to my university. Before I do, I have some last questions to ask all of you, about online education and online communities.

Please complete the following two polls to help me fuel my train of thought and get me to that station. And, of course, anything I present just to my university will come online to share with the wider world.