Great class

Well, I worked really hard in designing this course and it is challenging for my students to take a course like this, I am getting to like it by the day. The students are participating in class discussions more and more, the blogs are getting under way, the forums are slow and coming, but that's OK... I really feel like I am rewiring their brains for a different way of learning, most importantly, a different way of thinking. As an instructor, you normally get feedback on and off, but having the class online and teaching it face-to-face, allows you to get feedback instantly. This is pretty wild. And I trust they get the same instant feedback from me.

Reading through the student blogs, I get an insight to my student's lives that I normally don't get when I just have them in class. The mother of one of my students commented on her blog, greatly appreciating the fact that she restarted her blogging so the family is able to get news of her. So touching, really. And another claims that he is really getting into the topics that we are talking about. And he is quick to add, "No, really, I am getting very interested." I know it sounds way too idealistic for me, but if I can change how three of my students think, I think I have accomplished a lot. But of course I am shooting for higher goals...