Great stuff Jeffrey!

And thanks for sharing it openly. Being a newbie in online facilitation it gives me a very good map of what is out there.

I am very interested in Assessment. While there seems to be some models presented in Anderson, T. (pp 355-357) and Harper, D. G. (pp. 213-244) I am still wondering how assessment of students can be done more effectively, e.g., how do we minimize/take out the facilitator’s bias?

I don’t know how large your class is, but one approach we use in Organizational Learning is 360 degree assessment, i.e., everyone assessing everyone else. What I have found out using this approach is that my assessment is usually reflected in their collective assessment. The difference is that I don’t sit at the top as the sole judge. Just some thoughts.