Hi Holly There are many resources around that will help you construct an online course, but I do not feel you can go wrong with Terry Anderson's book (which is free to download) called "Theory and Practice of Online Learning" http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/ This is a neat little flowchart that can help you plan your course "Planning for Online Delivery": http://wikieducator.org/images/4/41/WBI_BSBSUS201A_Teacher_Plan.pdf I have also found this free "Handbook for Online Teaching" to be really useful also: http://www.geteducated.com/online-education-jobs/teaching-online-courses/310... Hope this helps, Sarah On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Holly Kruse <holly.kruse@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all:
For the first time ever, I'll will be teaching an online class. It's an undergraduate communication theory class, and it will be offered next semester. There is a huge amount of stuff that I need to learn, but mostly what I know at this point is that there are lots of bad online classes. So I'm wondering what practices make for a good online class? If there are any resources to which someone could point me, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks! Holly
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