I was most happy to take the course focusing on preparing teachers to teach on-line.  Overall, I found the course beneficial, but mostly as a review, for me as I have been teaching on-line for many years at a graduate school level.

I did have some issues, however, with the pre-assessment and some of the quiz questions.  Especially in the pre-assessment, I found some questions that really could have more than one answer and there were some question structures that were really not optimal.  I have worked for Pearson Assessment doing PD work in schools in helping teachers design appropriate assessments.

• I found that many of the pre-assessment questions were not designed to assess particpants prior knowledge.  The questions were often designed with subterfuge with many clauses, negative based questions and some that really had more than one correct response.
• The question in the pre-assessment in terms of "scaffolding" defintiely had more than one correct response.
• The question on Bloom's Taxonomy was correct or incorrect depending on whether you subscribed to the old version of Bloom's Taxonomy or the newer version.
• As recommended by The Center for Research and Assessment, "While the research on "none of the above" and "all of the above" is not decisive, many recommend using these sparingly, if at all."  Another issue I found was "Items should be as clear and concise as possible, both so students know what is being asked and to minimize reading time and the influence of reading skills on performance."  There were several questions of this nature.
• As recommended by The Center for Developmental of Human Services, "Avoid negatively stated item stems. These are confusing and increase the chance of using a double negative. In the rare casewhen negatively stated items cannot be avoided, underline or italicize the negative term.