Topic 4 - opportunities for further development in this area

What makes the student stay in the course? Often it´t the grade, passing the exam. What if I could get  my students so excited about group work that they will feel sad at the end of the course because they will not meet their peers in the PBL-group anymore. That sounds like a success.
This is how I feel about ONL - the PBL group has been fantastic. Looking forward to a PBL reunion.

But what is it that has made it feel like this. I did not know these people a few weeks ago and now I speak more freely with them than with them then with my own students. 

I have to admit this is my first online course as a student that has online meetings. In earlier classes things have been recorded, sent through mail or we have met live. Here are some thing that I think is of importance:

• Interaction
• Students should not feel alone 
• Relationships between peers in study group
• Emotions (get in touch  with the students without being to personal)
• Group collaboration
• To share your results with peers outside the study group.
• Peer review (not necessarily written)