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This article from Inside Higher Ed Takes on one of online learning's sacred cows, discussion boards:
There are some concrete suggestions on how to "emphasize quality and thoughtfulness of responses over quantity and frequency."
It seems like the type of questions is critical as well.
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Thanks for sharing this, Wendy. This year it was interesting to watch from the perspective of a parent instead of a teacher as one of my own kids took an online course and participated in discussions. It was a good exercise for me (as on online teacher) to watch and evaluate what kinds of discussions seemed effective to me as a parent watching what my child was doing. I like this article's mention of using using powerpoint, videos, and concept maps in the answers.
I thought those suggestions were really creative, too, 
Carrie Veatch
, I am going to add them to the boilerplate for my courses. And I am sure watching your learner in an online environment would be fascinating. I know I have personally learned so much from *participating* in online courses (our state has a wonderful elearning PC program), it definitely informs my practice.
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