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The leading professional society for evaluation. Excellent source for evaluation methods, theories, and practice--including topical interest groups related to technology.

Will online learning fit your circumstances, lifestyle, and educational needs? Here are some basic questions to ask yourself in deciding if an online program is right for you. You must have Javascript enabled for this quiz to work. Your evaluation will be given in a pop up window.

Using Ipads for learning in higher education, including a list of apps and suggestions for implementing them.

Social-networking tools and learning analytics can help educators evaluate open content

A list of questions to determine the credibility and accuracy of sources found online.

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There are often good sessions about evaluating online learning programs.

interesting course option

This link provides a checklist of key elements required for online courses to be "sound". I found this interesting and informative.

this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education provides suggestions as to how professors can grade student blogs.

Social network sites can be used for learning in Bloom's Taxonomy stages of: remembering when locating, 'liking', or recognizing; understanding when subscribing or tagging; and evaluating when justifying a decision, collaborating or networking via the site ( Churches, 2009).

Student confidence to learn online is predictive of the student learning experience.

Students hate discussion boards and mostly feel like they don't get anything out of them. They go into check box mode and real dialogue is lost. How can we fix them?

I used discussion board for 2 full semesters. I received feedback from my students in both ways: course reflection and my performance evaluation. The feedback was very positive. The assignment for the discussion boards would include an actual company with specific operations (inventory, quality, process design, etc.). Students were free to answer any questions and required provide a feedback to at least one of the classmates answer. Students felt connected to their classmates, shared different views, had an opportunity to learn from each other.

The title is a bit misleading but some of the recommendations discussed can definitely spark some life into DBs. DBs are a good way to foster engagement but unless properly done can mostly be seen by students as a one and done exercise.