Teaching & Learning in Online Spaces

This summer, I offered a course to our Online Teachers called "Best Practices in Online Teaching" (BPiOT). During the class, we explored program standards for excellence in online teaching. While Cuesta is still in the process of developing a recommendation for standards, many colleges and universities establish training and courses that instructors must take prior to being approved for teaching online, and rubrics or evaluations for those courses. The benefit, for  for those of us who want to improve our online mojo,  is a treasure trove of documents that list requirements, qualifying skills, areas of expertise, etc. The following is a list of documents I've found over the years outlining essential areas of online teaching. I find the course rubrics to be particularly helpful as a road map for solid instructional design. There are also documents for peer evaluations for online teaching. You'll find some great inspiration and stan...