What are we to do about students who do not post in the discussion area or participate in chat sessions? Are these “lurkers” accurately labeled as passive or lazy? Are they robbing their peers or themselves of valuable interaction? Or are we, in our zeal to engage our students, employing an overly narrow definition of interactivity that results in a prohibitive environment for certain types of learners? Therefore, most online courses require students to interact with each other using asynchronous discussion areas, chats, and other tools.