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Top five bookmarks of assessment:

1. The top spot for resources and tools in realtion to Teaching, Learning and Assessment is awarded to voice regognition softawre! While there are many versions on the market, I utilise Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium edition on a daily basis.There are many accolades of Dragon Naturally Speaking which is a voice recognition software program. Not only will the program convert spoken word to text, the operator is that it is accessed locate five and open files search the Internet and telephone calls creates and respond to e-mails ………and I'm sure can even make coffee. My course sized range form 150 to 400 students. In tackling the online marking of written assessment items- many hours of typing comments and comments would result. Unfortunately, the time required to type the comments often is reflects in shorter and less frequent comments within the students work. This is to the detriment of the students as they are not receiveng as comprehensive feed back and one may argue they are entitled to.

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2. The following URsL provide an abundance of resources relating to assessment. The resources are grouped into terttiary, and school sections. Navigating to the section on Special Pages from the menu on the right hand side provides ideas to include in on line learning pages as ice breakers to facilitate intial engagement or for more serious application.

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3. Of interest is the selection of personaility quizzes which I find particuarly useful for inclusion in my Behavioural Alalysis course. The activities as lighthearted and offer a "taste" of structuring questions in order to obtain data set responses.

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4. A refreshing and contemporary apporach to addressing challenges in online education can be explored through the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching & Learning.

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There is an annual confrence in november- and naturally it is held on line. it porvides a fantastic forum to hear presentations from key notes and other speakers. The confrence is interactive and a realtime conversation platfrom on the left of the viewing screen allos for more interaction with other confrence attendees. The only downside is the time zone difference as this confrence is delivered from east coast USA this menas that live time attendees in Australia will be linking in from Midnight until apporximately 8.30 am each day (over the 3 day event). Many elect to create additional discussion rooms to explore specifics of a segment. The conrence is recoreded to teh attendee is able to view the transcripts over the next 12 months.

5. For those who like to compile a resource library amny interesting resources are avaialble to assist in developig online leaning options.

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Personally recommended ar ethe following resources:
 * Hard copy**

Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction, Updated Edition Rita-Marie Conrad, J. Ana Donaldson ISBN: 978-1-1180-1819-4 Paperback 160 pages May 2011

Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching: How to "Be There" for Distance Learners Rosemary M. Lehman, Simone C. O. Conceição ISBN: 978-0-470-56490-5 Paperback 160 pages August 2010


 * E-books:**

Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction, Updated Edition [E-Book] Rita-Marie Conrad, J. Ana Donaldson ISBN: 978-1-1180-5982-1 E-Book 160 pages March 2011

Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community [E-Book] Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt ISBN: 978-0-470-87601-5 E-Book 128 pages April 2010

Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching: How to "Be There" for Distance Learners [E-Book] Rosemary M. Lehman, Simone C. O. Conceição ISBN: 978-0-470-87311-3 E-Book 176 pages August 2010