This is a book for all educators and administrators in higher education, in any discipline, engaged in, or contemplating offering, online classes that involve discussion or collaborative learning. It is relevant both to faculty teaching a hybrid class (a class taught on campus that also has an online component) and courses that are taught entirely online.
Grade 3-5 Dilly is writing about the start of fourth grade in a spirited journal she is keeping for class. The pencil drawings add to her excitement as she candidly introduces her classmates and teachers, commenting on who has changed over the summer (Kate has little boobies now and her hair got blonder) and who hasn't (most of the teachers). Dilly decides to run for class president against a new kid from Wisconsin...