- The chapter was short.
- One of the main ideas was how important it is to make the online and face-to-face portions of a blended course work together so as to compliment each other rather than confuse the students and make them feel like they are participating in two different courses.
Not so.
Joe is never pleased to reach the end of a good book. Or book chapter, as the case may be.
It was numero dos that made Joe dance a jig. (Simply coincidence, the jig dancing and today being St. Pat's.)
(We're transitioning away from 3rd person here. I just can't keep it up any longer. It's weird.)
I have taken many courses that had online portions or were delivered completely online and I almost always find them confusing. Each one is different, even if it is delivered using the same platform as another course I've taken. (Coursera, for example. Every Coursera course I've taken is organized differently enough that I get confused in the beginning.) Most have some sort of on-boarding aimed at minimizing confusion and the alienation that can occur for distance students, but there doesn't seem to be usability testing, because I still have to exert noticeable effort to orient myself to each course.