Week 5 Resources (Looking Back, Looking Forward)

Assessing Participation

Choose one:

• Liu, Shijuan. (2007). Assessing Online Asynchronous Discussion in Online Courses: An Empirical Study. Technology, Colleges and Community 2007 Proceedings, pp 24-31.
•  Baran, E. & Correia, A. (2009). Student-led facilitation strategies in online discussions. Distance Education, 30(3), 339-361.

• Porto, Stella. (2006). Online Participation as an Instrument of Learning and Assessment. DE Oracle @ UMUC.
• *Please note that this article has some broken links in it but we felt that the content would still be useful.

• Roberts, Tracy. (2010, April). Assessing Online Participation: Exploring the Problem & Possible Solutions (.docx). (White paper)

Tips for Online Success

(N.B. please note the co-facilitators of this week's topics may choose to substitute an alternate reading for this week)

• Goloboy, J.W. (2003). Top Ten Secrets of Successful Online Educators.
• Smith, M. K. (1999). Reflection. In The encyclopedia of informal education.

Choose one:

• Henry, Jim, & Meadows, Jeff. (2008, Winter). An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 34(1).

• Correia, A.P., & Baran, E. (2010). Lessons Learned on Facilitating Asynchronous Discussions for Online Learning. Educação, Formação & Tecnologias, 3(1), 59-67.

Further readings for Week 5 or for your leisure reading:

• Cowley, J., Chanley, S., Downes, S., Holstrom, L., Ressel, D., Siemens, G., & Weisburgh, M. (2002, October 21). Online Facilitation. e-Learn Space