As teachers we also need to keep the students' perspective in mind when designing lessons. We want students to be engaged whether the course is offered online or face-to-face. Taking an online course allows the teacher to have experienced any possible roadblocks to student learning. The teacher can then provide resources that will assist in navigating or eliminating theses roadblocks based on their own experiences.

Assessment is an important piece of teaching and learning no matter what the avenue of delivery. There are many tools available to teachers to use to help is assessing students understanding in an online setting. Many were sited in the Cool Tools website. I particularly like the polling and quiz options and the discussion forums that we have been doing within this course.