Best Practices Resource Links

Best Practices Resource Links

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

  1. American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) Guiding Principles for Distance Learning http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/distance-learning_principles.html Links to an external site.
  2. 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 Links to an external site.
  3. Middle States Commission on Higher Education. http://www.msche.org Links to an external site. Distance Learning Programs: Interregional Guidelines for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs 2002
  4. Michigan Community College, VIRTUAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (MCCVLC): Online Course Development Guidelines and Rubric. http://www.mccvlc.org/%7Estaff/content.cfm?ID=108 Links to an external site.
  5. Innovations in Distance Education (IDE). http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/AboutUs_MissionOverview.shtml Links to an external site.
  6. Blackboad Exemplary Course Project http://www.blackboard.com/Communities/Exemplary-Courses.aspx Links to an external site.
  7. The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Effective Practices http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective/ Links to an external site.
  8. EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu Links to an external site.
  9. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Links to an external site.
  10. Quality Matters (Maryland Online Links to an external site.) project proposes to develop a replicable pathway for inter-institutional quality assurance and course improvements in online learning http://www.qmprogram.org/ Links to an external site.
  11. 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.
  12. “Strategies for Managing the Online Workload” Links to an external site.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 Links to an external site. to view the podcasts)