Communicate 2.1.1 – Identify Stakeholders Quest

• Do the descriptions correlate to your perception?  Yes, they do meet my perception of who might be involved with online education.  Generally, the difference between the traditional classroom, and the online classroom has to do with the permanence of written record that automatically gets created.  The ambiguity gets created because although feedback might be directed at students, it can be accessed anytime by parents, administrators, and beyond.  
• How can they be expanded upon or described further? Aside from the tradition student, with an online forum there is a permanent record of the interaction, and all interaction should be written as such.  Because of this the audience goes beyond the student, and can become anyone to whom the student shows the information (i.e. friends, parents, other students), as well as individuals who might be monitoring the classroom for other purposes.  For example, administrators might monitor the teacher's performance, other teachers might monitor the course as an example, and parents might check-in because they are concerned about the child.  Essentially, anyone who gains access can be aware of the teacher's interaction.  
• Are there other stakeholders within an online environment not considered above?  I think that the permanent record that automatically gets created through the written word, can include just about anyone with access to the course.  This access might be limited to parents, administrators, program developers, etc. or if the class somehow goes more public it can be open to just about anyone--for example, I think of the Yale Open Courses and how those are seen by millions each month.  The most important take-away from this blog is that online communication is more permanent than we sometimes feel, and that all interactions have the potential to be seen by an almost infinite number of viewers outside of the target audience.