The benefits of social learning illustrated by fictional student comments.

1. “Paul’s question made me
realize I’d been
misunderstanding the
reading.”

2. “Discussing the subject
with the other student
helped reinforce what I’d
learned.”

3. “I would have missed the
hands-on exercise if it
hadn’t been for Samira and
Peter
talking about it.”

4. “Aline answered my
question about inserting a
table of contents minutes
after I
posted.

5. “There was so much
discussion about social
networking tools, I knew I
had better
review it.

6. “I didn’t understand
question five either, but
was embarrassed to say so
until
Daniel did.

7. “Sandra’s comments made
me look at unions in a
different way.

8. “Once I got to know the
other students, I found it
easier to ask for help.”

9. “I would have left
Assignment 3 to the last
minute, but the class
discussions gave me some
ideas early on.

10. “Jasjit shared a useful web
site with the class. I still
use it every day.”

11. “I just like taking a course
with other people. It
makes me feel less alone.”