Face-to-face instructors are increasingly turning to online communication tools to provide students the opportunities to discuss course content with peers. There are several communication modes that support this type of interaction, and in a recent study, Bill Warrick, education instructor at George Mason University, and his colleague Stacy Connors surveyed a cohort of graduate students in an instructional technology master’s program on the quality of the learning experience, peer interactions, and ease of use of e-mail, bulletin board, and synchronous chat for collaborative group work.