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From Georgia Virtual Learning: "The Effective Online Teaching course content is free for all learners. Learners are prompted throughout the course to complete blog postings to document learning and artifacts. This allows learners to share their work within their professional learning community or with their professional learning leader or coach. Participants may also enroll in verification for the Effective Online Teaching course."

Last minute information on teaching online for the fall. Most are freely available online.

"The Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance (VLLA) and Quality Matters (QM) are leading a broad-based effort to revise the National Standards for Quality Online Learning, building upon the work started by The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)."

"The online teachers provided support by building ties to students through interactions via discussion forums and individual communications. Peers also provided support through online forums and webinar-facilitated exchanges. Online teacher and peer student support contributed to the formation of virtual online learning communities. This is important as social and academic integration are mechanisms for retention and success. This research is significant as the numbers of online students have increased markedly in recent times, but student support services do not appear to have changed accordingly. Further, support models for retention and success have not been adequately adapted to suit online learners' needs."

This about high-enrollment courses, but there are many ideas to consider for teaching any online course. Abstract: "Class size has been a popular topic for decades. There is renewed interest in this topic now with the growth of online learning. Online courses can accommodate hundreds, if not thousands, of students in a single course. Very little research, though, has been conducted recently on class size in online courses and the research that has been conducted is mixed. As the demand for online courses increases, so likely will class size. In this exploratory study, we investigated the perceptions and experiences of 37 faculty teaching high-enrollment online courses. In the following article, we report the results of our inquiry, implications for practice, and areas for additional research."

"features books and articles that may be of interest to faculty and instructors teaching online and at a distance, instructional designers, administrators and policy makers - all those interested in the expansion and improvement of online learning."

"What an educator with experience teaching online has learned about structuring students' online and offline experiences and how to provide feedback to keep the learning going."

"Though remote learning has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?"

"Rhythm, routine, and relationships" in addition to backwards design, mostly asynchronous learning to help students having connection issues, family issues, and more than one class online.

"Many institutions use a one-size-fits-all approach to faculty development for online teaching, which does not meet the needs of faculty who often have different levels of expe- rience, skill, and self-efficacy in online teaching and learning. To address these issues, the [university name removed] [center name removed] designed and implemented an online teaching readiness self-assessment."

How VHS Learning trains its teachers to be best in class in the virtual learning environment

"The Journal of Online Learning Research (JOLR) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic understanding of technologies and their impact on pedagogy and policy in primary and secondary (K-12) online and blended environments.  "

"Dianne Conrad and Jason Openo's approach takes the reader on a philosophical, yet accessible tour of high-quality assessment options for authentic learning in online spaces."

Guest speakers, small group work with shared contracts, class discussions with student jobs

Many free modules for learning to teach online in addition to their main (for a fee) workshop in the summer.