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I like Central Michigan's online instructor self-check for course development. Easy to complete with simple radio buttons. I also like Michigan Comm. College's rubric style so that you can show level of progress at achieving certain standards. Great examples -- maybe something we can apply to our processes here.

This is a handy rubric to assess the suitability of e-learning tools for teaching and learning. Criteria cover functionality; accessibility; technical (e.g., LMS integration); mobile design; privacy/rights; and social, teaching and cognitive presence.

This study of 70,000 courses identified five course design archetypes in terms of LMS use: Supplemental - high in content but with very little student interaction Complementary - used primarily for one-way teacher-student communication Social - high peer-to peer interaction through discussion boards Evaluative - heavy use of assessments to facilitate content mastery Holistic - high LMS activity with a balances use of assessments, content, and discussion

Florida International University "compared 29 online course sections that had been redesigned according to best practices to 664 online sections that hadn't. Across all the metrics the university's researchers looked at--from the time students spent in the online course to how they evaluated the course and the grades they earned--the redesigned courses posted better results."

Students viewed 3 different video formats: quiz questions embedded throughout, quiz questions only at the end, and no quiz questions. Students watching video with quiz questions throughout scored markedly higher on a subsequent assessment. Students in the study strongly support support in-video quizzing.