Created 10/07/2011 - 1 year ago

The Wall Street Journal recently discussed communication difficulties between foreign doctors and patients in Iowa. The article emphasized the communication barriers that can exist between doctors and patients who come from different cultures. It made me think about communication between online students. Distance learning peers rarely live in the same geographic area (and become quite excited when they discover someone who does live in the same region), but generally communicate quite well. However, I frequently run into students who have “issues” with fellow classmates because of disrespectful behavior or a feeling of being picked on by others. read more

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