The third element of an instructional strategy is a description of student grouping; that is, how will students be grouped? When deciding upon grouping, consider:

• requirements for social interaction explicitly stated in the objectives
• requirements for social interaction in the performance environment
• the importance of collaboration in the learning environment (read Palloff and Pratt's Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community to learn about the importance of community in the online environment)
• the restraints of the delivery system (e.g. more time needs to be allotted for online collaboration than F2F collaboration).
• personal philosophy of learning

Can you think of other important considerations?