These are probems related to being able to move ideas and discussion successfully forward through time. Students and tutors neeed to know

• How to locate information/discussion from the past

• How to retain relevant information not linked to assessment

• How to prioritise information/discussion to be moved forward

• How to return to a point new to them but dealt with by others in the past

• How to mark which past postings they are responding to

• How to mark and fix decisions

• How to come in on a debate late

• How to stop fragmentation into parallel lines of communication

• How to preserve any synchronous chat

• How to judge how hard others are working

• How to distinguish quickly between different people’s comments

• How to make decisions quickly

• How to catch up quickly if absent