Online Student Engagement to build communities

In 2006 the National Survey of Student Engagement began to gather data regarding the perceptions of college students level of engagement in online classrooms and how this compared to their perceptions of engagement in face-to-face classrooms. E-learners who participated in this survey reported higher levels of engagement and levels of statisfaction with their courses than did their face-to-face counterparts. More information available at: http://insidehigered.com/layout/set/print/news/2006/11/13/nsse