Factors to consider when planning an online course: a checklist

What the course objectives are

Who the learners are

• Post on who my learners are

Which learning activities and materials to use to reach the objectives

Ensuring alignment 

• See constructive alignment chart on this page

How to assess students re: these objectives

• Post about e-portfolios

Four different types of interaction in the course

• Post about interaction

• Designing Interaction in Online Language Learning

Which technology to use for different aspects of the course

• Mix Collection for tech tools

How to build a learning community

• Post on fostering instructor presence

• My video on building a learning community

• 'Professors Share Ideas for Building Community in Online Courses' from insidehighered.com

Ensuring quality in an online course

• My reflective writing on quality guidelines

• Post on quality in online courses

• Quality Matters YouTube channel