MATTHEW  ISOM

ONLINE courses are clearly the wave of the future and are particularly enticing to members of the Net Generation. When creating an online course, it is vital to keep in mind the skills, thinking style, and interests of today's students. They want:

• Interaction. Students need to be able to share discoveries and projects

• Visual stimulation, particularly multi-media, even the first page of a site

• Opportunities to explore a site in a non-linear fashion

• Opportunities for their voice to be heard

• When possible, they prefer learning from peers and people who can be viewed as similar to them