Interactivity

Interactivity is synonymous with effective online learning. Interaction can be between learner and teacher, between learner and learner, as well as between learner and content.

The Sloan Consortium publication Relationships between Interactions and Learning in Online Environments provides a succinct outline of recent research findings and implications for practice within the categories of interaction with content, with instructors, with classmates and with course interfaces. This includes the incorporation of online discussion boards, teaching presence, ongoing assessment and feedback, communities of practice,and social presence, all of which are integrated throughout the Online Learning website.