Course Design & Instruction

Teaching Tips from the Distance Learning Systems (CDE) at UAF

Teaching Tips and Online Instruction from Honolulu Community College

Distance Learning Tools from Albuquerque TVI. Includes self-assessment quizzes. Are you ready to teach online? Are you (or your students) ready to take an online course?

Instructional Design Guidelines (pdf file) - New Media Center, UAA.

Course Excellence Rubric - Center for Distance Education, UAF

Standards for Quality Online Courses - from Michigan Virtual University. Includes tools for evaluating your course.

Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses - from Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta

How Interactive are YOUR Distance Courses?

Discussion Board - This article from the Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon has useful tips for managing your Discussion Board.

Student Assessment

Online Discussion Rubric -- here is one set of criteria that can be used to assess quality of student's participation in an online discussion.

Critical Thinking Rubric - from the Critical Thinking Project at the Washington State Writing Program

A Framework for Designing Questions for Online Learning

About Distance Education

Distance Education at a Glance

Benefits and Challenges of Distance Learning