How has your view of the effective practice changed now that you have read more about teaching presence? In what ways did the effective practice that you identified show the characteristics of teaching presence? How could the idea of teaching presence have made the experience even more effective than it was?
The Documentary Communications course was powerful in the overt relevance of its content. I believe more could have been done within the course to spur discourse around student findings stemming from their research. Such tremendous insights emerged from students’ examination of their respective corporations; these might have achieved greater impact had they been skilfully and critically discussed and analyzed within a moderated learning framework.