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http://www.cit.uws.edu.au/research/reports/paper/paper03/AliTR-52-03.pdf

American Association for Higher Education. 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning

http://www.aahe.org/assessment/principl.htm

Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education. An Instructional Strategy Framework for Online Learning Environments

http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ace.117

Aventist Virtual University Network. Ways to Structure Interaction in the Discussion Area

http://www.avln.org/resources/webct/level1/6bbinteraction.htm

Bauer John F, and Anderson Rebecca S. Evaluating Students’ Written Performance in the Online Classroom

http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~rbaier/ITAC2001/Courses_Workshop/ITAC_Rubric.doc

Frazee, Rebecca. Using Relevance to Facilitate Online Participation in a Hybrid Course

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM03411.pdf

Harrington Jan, Oliver Ron, Reeves Thomas. Patterns of engagement in authentic online learning environments.

http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet19/herrington.html

Ho, Suzanne. Encouraging online participation?

http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2002/ho.html

MacKnight, Carol. Teaching Critical Thinking through Online Discussions

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0048.pdf

McMaster University, How do you Encourage Effective On-Line Student Discussion?

http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/resources/nifty.notes/encouraging.online.discussion.htm

NetKnowledgy. Communication Notification (COMNOT) Software

http://www.netkno.com/soft/comnot/

Northeastern University Academic Technology Services. Grading Online Discussion Participation: A Sample Rubric

http://www.edtech.neu.edu/blackboard/resources/managing/discussion_grading.htm

Ontario Learn. 20 Colleges working together to provide online courses for 22,000 students annually.

http://www.ontariolearn.com

Ontario Management Development Program

http://www.omdp.ca

Poole, Dawn. Student Participation in a Discussion-Oriented Online Course

http://www.csustan.edu/advstd/edtech/5110study.pdf

RMIT University, Why Assess?

http://www.lts.rmit.edu.au/renewal/assess/why.htm

Teacher’s College. Columbia University – Faculty Centre, Assessment in an Online Course

http://dlp.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/assessment.html

The Stanford Centre for Innovations in Learning. Discussion-Based Online Teaching http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/561.html

University of British Columbia. Discussion Extractor Software

http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/tools.php?id=extractor

University of Minnesota. Why do we assess students' learning?

http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/VAC/WhyAssess/p_1.html

Valencia Community College. Online Discussion Forum Assessment Rubric

http://valenciacc.edu/iit/articles_detail.cfm?ID=41

Watson, Joan. Group Discussion Board  Grades http://www.itsu.vt.edu/Workshops/PDFs/GroupDiscussionBoardGrades.pdf