How was Elluminate?

It is slick enough. Definitely a learning curve that some people will not get over. If they must learn it, they will. Otherwise, if they don't, I wouldn't expect them to wade through it.

For the user, it takes a while to understand how it works, how to work together and our collective weaknesses. Good stuff.

What is an example of a good assessment you found valuable and a poor assessment that sucked.

I've always found role playing to be surprisingly illustrative. I've done it only in a few academic settings and never in my workshops. But people become animated and the entertaining folks bring others out. It seems to help demonstrate a point.

I had a 200 level political science class many moons ago. The class was very interesting. The professor was engaging although a bit disjointed. The entire grade for the class was based on three multiple choice tests, based a bit on a book, but moreover on class lecture, which was almost impossible to take notes on. When I took the first test I got a "C". That wouldn't do. I found out that his past tests were floating around. I got a hold of them and aced the tests from there out. It isn't the way I liked to get grades, but the assessments had very little to do with what was learned in class. I actually carry a great deal of that class with me today. But it has nothing to do with the tests.

Observations on The Big Picture

It occurs to me that as I design course work for the fishing fleet, composed of individuals ranging in ages, locations and "technology" abilities, I'll need to be straight-forward about the difficulties of working on line and provide framework for participating.