LOL, too -- I'm an online adjunct instructor for a regional university, and you very aptly describe the reply behavior of the majority of my students in online discussions. Needless to say, you've further validated my suspicions about students re-hashing/repeating parts of the discussion prompt and response-padding -- and I feel further justified in calling them out, and docking their grade accordingly, for doing so. :)
LOL, too -- I'm an online adjunct instructor for a regional university, and you very aptly describe the reply behavior of the majority of my students in online discussions. Needless to say, you've further validated my suspicions about students re-hashing/repeating parts of the discussion prompt and response-padding -- and I feel further justified in calling them out, and docking their grade accordingly, for doing so. :)
LOLOL. I don't ding them all the time for that. You are right...sometimes there just isn't that much to add. 😀