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Date: February 17, 2005

Issues in eTeaching: The Relationship between Interactions and Learning
By Chip Donohue

Karen Swan, the Sloan-C Editor for Effective Practices in Learning Effectiveness (www.sloan-c.org/effective/index.asp) has published a concise summary of research about interaction online and its implications for practitioners. Swan focuses on learning effectiveness and four types of interactions:

1. Interaction with Content
2. Interaction with Instructors
3. Interaction with Classmates
4. Interaction with Course Interfaces

Download Relationships Between Interactions and Learning in Online Environments at www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/interactions.pdf.

EOE is edited by Michael Kalinowski of the University of New Hampshire