ONLINE ADJUNCT FACULTY TIP #8 - Setting up learning teams

Most online courses include learning teams. When I began teaching online, I randomly assigned students to learning teams at the end of the first week. However, I suggest that you include both in the syllabus and in a first day post that students have the right to contact you to request being assigned to the same learning team as another student(s). I will almost always honor those requests - especially if students request each other.