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"If you have a priori misgivings about the quality of online and hybrid courses, perhaps the following illustrative (not exhaustive) list will be a useful starting place as you seek evidence: BEYOND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS: ISSUES OF INTERACTION, PRESENCE, AND PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE COURSE http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.98.6506&rep=rep1&type=pdf Analysis of Large Web-Based Courses at the University of Central Florida http://www.editlib.org/?fuseaction=Reader.ViewFullText&paper_id=16884 Supporting the Hybrid Learning Model: A New Proposition http://k55.nu.edu/resources/SPL/collateral/uploadedFiles/Supporting_the_Hybrid_Learning_Model.pdf Using Quality Assurance Strategies for Online Programs https://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/issue3/Lee.pdf"

Good Chronice article tweeted by spitt w/ a good comments discussion and some links to evidence on quality in online learning.

There is a new link to the Iowa CELT interactive flash-based Revised Bloom Taxonomy.

The simple meeting tool that works in a web browser and creates instant web replays!

I used this with COIL grant project this week. Free and interesting alternative to Skype or Elluminate. Might have more features than Skype for international interactions.