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This section of the Teaching Online Guide focuses on course planning and design. While many of the ideas and strategies are generic the main focus will be on the PBL online course. Included within the course design section is information about the phases of planning an online course, software for online teaching, using multimedia, teaching strategies, and assessment for online instruction. In general, the design of an online course entails four main realms. These are the people involved (who), the content (what), the teaching strategies and software tools (how), and the location of the course (where). The course design pages on this guide address aspects of these realms and the associated design elements. Scroll your mouse over the diagram to the right to see how everything fits together.  

"The biggest concern revolves around the implications for high-stakes testing," Rice says. "Teachers ask, 'Will my students perform as well on standardized tests if I incorporate PBL?'"

At first, I was concerned about spending three weeks on this project, but when I look back, I realize how much my students learned and how much time I saved by not having to reteach the same thing over and over again,"

"Project learning can require more time, but it's time well spent, because the students are really taking ownership of their learning, and the end result is that their learning is so much deeper," she explains. "That's something they carry with them for the rest of their life."