In the classroom, I know that students are learning when they can do the problems on their own. Also when students can use the previous information to think through something new without help then I know that they have learned something. But there are those times when the student has learned the information but is unsure if they are correct, so I know that if the student is confident in their answers then they have really learned the information. However, online it is a little harder to know whether the student has actually learned the information. By having students write summaries or blogs about what they have learned could be a way to know whether they have learned the information. For some online courses students could have someone else do the work or help them with the work and the teacher wouldn’t know. But I think by being in contact with students through a messenger or through email might be a good way to evaluate whether they have learned. For instance, if the teacher has contact through messenger then the teacher could ask random questions and expect an answer right then and see if the student can answer the question. You can think of it as a pop quiz.