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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Online assessment methods...

In this module we addressed several online course components. Describe a course that you have taught, either online or onsite, and discuss the assessment methods you would use when facilitating that course online. Be sure to justify why you chose each assessment method and discuss why others would not be appropriate.

Online discussion methods...

In this module we addressed the selection of appropriate learning activities in an online course. Assume you are an instructor at a career college that offers associate degrees in web design. You have been asked to convert your Advanced Web Design course to an online format and you have discovered that the course management system you are using supports both synchronous and asynchronous discussion methods. You have always encouraged learners to collaborate with and support each other in your onsite classroom and you want to bring this sense of community to your online course also. Discuss the pros and cons of each discussion method and tell whether you would use one, both, or neither of these methods in your course. Support your answer.

Online vs. traditional education...

In this module we addressed the attributes of quality online courses. Assume that you are a Controller. You have interviewed several candidates for the position of Bookkeeper, and are at the point when you have to choose between two candidates. One of these candidates received her academic credentials by attending traditional classroom sessions; the other by completing an online program. All other selection criteria being equal between these two candidates, would you hire the candidate who received her academic credentials through online learning? Justify your answer.