The aim of Digital Learning Technologies is to provide the students with knowledge and practical experience in the digital technologies in the educational and training environment. This course will: Investigate technological developments influencing education and training; Investigate Online Pedagogy and Tools; Examine Digital Literacy and Networking Technologies; Analyse Social and Ethical Issues.
Cathy Moore runs a well-received blog on elearning. In this post she offers both tips (nothing too revelatory) & gotchas (where she has decided NOT to use certain tools, eg public chat, 'meaningless' polls & breakout rooms). She discusses webinars in general, not Collaborate specifically.
Discusses 'learning measurement'. It includes a Course Review Template aimed at measuring how performance focussed the course is. Also, his link to a previous article (The Five failures) is worth a read.