Best Practices Resource Links

The following links provide you with checklists, rubrics, and principles for best practices in online courses:

American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) Guiding Principles for Distance Learning http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/distance-learning_principles.html
Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) Electronic Campus Principles of Good Practice Checklist http://www.jsums.edu/distanceed/files/2013/08/SREB-Principles_of_Good_Practice_Checklist_2006.pdf
Middle States Commission on Higher Education. http://www.msche.org Distance Learning Programs: Interregional Guidelines for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs 2002
Michigan Community College, VIRTUAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (MCCVLC): Online Course Development Guidelines and Rubric. http://www.mccvlc.org/%7Estaff/content.cfm?ID=108
Innovations in Distance Education (IDE). http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/AboutUs_MissionOverview.shtml
Blackboad Exemplary Course Project http://www.blackboard.com/Communities/Exemplary-Courses.aspx
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Effective Practices http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective/
EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Quality Matters (Maryland Online) project proposes to develop a replicable pathway for inter-institutional quality assurance and course improvements in online learning http://www.qmprogram.org/
DEOS-L listserv. Send an email to lists@psu.edu and put in the body of the message “subscribe DEOS-L firstname lastname”. Do not include a subject for the message and leave off the quotes. Substitute your actual first and last names for “firstname” and “lastname,” above. Send it.
“Strategies for Managing the Online Workload” is a collection of short descriptions, tips, techniques, and methods developed and used by experienced online educators to manage their time in the online learning environment.. (note: you need iTunes to view the podcasts)