Communication technologies can and should be used to increase access to faculty members and to assist with resource sharing and problem solving. Good practice develops reciprocity and cooperation among students . Communication technologies can and should be used to increase collaborative work and study between students. Good practice uses active learning techniques . Technologies can and should be used to enhance student learning through talking about and writing reflectively about their learning, relating it to previous knowledge and experience, and applying it to their lives.
Good practice gives prompt feedback .
Technologies can and should be used to enhance student learning through assessing existing competence and providing prompt feedback on performances. Good practice emphasizes time on task . Technologies can and should be used to enhance student learning through enhancing efficient student access to resources or people and reducing time students spend on commutes where possible. Good practice communicates high expectations . Technologies can and should be used to enhance student learning by communicating expectations clearly and explicitly through significant and challenging real-life problems, data sets, and samples of excellent, average or faulty performance which are easily shared among individuals or groups of students.