Steps toward excellence: Planning communications
The final installment in this series on stepping toward excellence in online teaching is maybe the most important one: Planning for good communication.
Education
Steps toward excellence: Online syllabi and the LMS
Step 6 toward online teaching excellence deals with building a syllabus and LMS that gives the best possible user interface for the course.
Steps toward excellence: Structure and routines
Step 5 in moving toward excellence in online teaching is about creating dependable under-the-hood structures for time and activities.
Steps toward excellence: Aligning materials and tools
Step 4 in getting better at online teaching is also about alignment -- this time of our tools and materials.
Steps toward excellence: Connecting objectives and assessments with activity
Step 3 in taking steps toward excellence in online teaching is connecting clear, measurable learning objectives to assessments through active student work.