hi Monica - there are many excellent resources available about best practices for online learning.  As a start, you can try this link: http://www.utoronto.ca/cat/clearinghouse/index.html
It contains links to various resources.  The Instructional Design area is quite good, in particular this link: http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/vt_home.html which details various strategies for matching learning styles to available technologies.

The peer reviewed online journal Educational Technology and Society (http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/) is very good, and contains many articles and papers that bring an international pool of expertise together.

Here are a couple of links I have used in past courses:
Particular attention to Universal Design and Accessibility issues would be two areas of high importance, followed closely by learning styles research and the development of online communities of practice.  I have a short article on Extensible Online Learning here (http://luke.rcat.utoronto.ca/articles/idesign/Luke_ExtensibleOnlineLearning.htm) that details a model of e-learning we use (and have tested - see http://aahs.centennialcollege.ca/latack/healthcanada/) in clinical education.  I am sure there ar others on this list who can point you in some useful directions as well.

Robert

Monica Murero wrote:
Dear AoIR's, dear friends,
I am working on a new project to develop an e-learning
graduate  course in the area of digital culture and communication.

I am gathering information and I will greatly appreciate 
your suggestions about  best practices  available
around the globe and/or distinguished teachers using this
approach (job opportunities will be available).
Thanks in advance for your toughts,

Monica
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