Best Practices in Online Education

• 8 Lessons for Teaching Online by Amy Eisman
  
• Design Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning by Karen Swan
  
• Instructional Immediacy and the Seven Principles: Strategies for Facilitating Online Courses by Holly M. Hutchins
• Distance Learning and Web 2.0 (link opens in iTunes)
  
• Can Students Moderate Online Discussions? (link opens in iTunes)
• Online Best Practices; Let's Talk (link opens in iTunes)
• Twitter and Social Networking Article (2009)
  

AU Faculty and Examples of Their Online Assignments

• When Students Don't Do the Reading: How Many Prompts Do You Need to Give Each Student a Provocative Topic?
• Does Your Syllabus Support Your Online Writing Assignments?

Videos about Online Assignments

• Do Online Discussions Provide Students with More Time for Reflection?
  
• Can Students Moderate Online Discussions?
  

Blackboard

• Crash Course for Faculty
• Blackboard Video and Written Tutorials
• Collaborate written tutorials
  
• Create Durable Links to Journal Articles and Images