Jonathan Ciobanasiu

The topic of 'Effective Online Assessment' has really expanded my understanding, especially about the importance of using different types of assessments to support online learning. I've learned how diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments can help organize learning, and I plan to include scenario-based questions and voice feedback to make assessments more personal. I also think using proctoring tools and varying questions is essential to ensure academic integrity.

Consistency with grading among students is important, but "tolerance for error" with disabled students needs to be protected.

I appreciated learning about AT tools. The Job Access With Speech (JAWS) screen reading (text-to-speech) software for those who can't see would be especially helpful in an English comp. class like mine.

I learned that there is a lot of legislation in place to help people with disabilities, but instructors need to be diligent to apply these things in the classroom to come alongside students with disabilities.

I find it shocking that "schools find about 5% of their students self-report and 10-12% students with disabilities are anticipated from a national standpoint." This is important to note in order to generate content that is accessible to everyone, even if some students do not self-report.  

I never heard of a "blogroll" before this, but creating a list of links that give students access to other sites within a blog is a great way to broaden their understanding and curiosity on a particular topic.

Instructors should "chunk" content in a class to more efficiently get information to students.

I never knew about sites such as TeacherTube, SchoolTube, iTunesU and Google Workspace for Education to engage students in the learning process. I need to take advantage of all the variety available to me.

I appreciate the suggestion to "Do No Harm" via social networking by not making that networking a place for propagating my own views.

Considering validity as well as reliability is essential in the development of a rubric that is fair as well as consistent.