Best Practices Resource Links
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 Links to an external site.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Innovations in Distance Education (IDE). http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/AboutUs_MissionOverview.shtml Links to an external site.
- Blackboad Exemplary Course Project http://www.blackboard.com/Communities/Exemplary-Courses.aspx Links to an external site.
- The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Effective Practices http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective/ Links to an external site.
- EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu Links to an external site.
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Links to an external site.
- 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.
- 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” 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)