Rules for Teaching Online
Jim Blodget
Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon

1. Go into it for the long haul
2. Design for yourself - make it a product you yourself would want to use
3. Underpromise and overdeliver
4. Give your best stuff away free
5. Build community - create a sense of ownership
6. Be a mensch (a person who is admired, respected, and trusted because of a sense of ethics, fairness, and nobility).
7. Work 1 on 1 - provide constant, immediate, positive feedback; Be indulging
8. Improve / evolve / revise & enhance
9. Eliminate barriers
10. Structure for success
11. Be student centered - Empower students, Do what's right for the student
12. Lay it out completely and clearly
13. Make it dynamic
14. Structure for active learning
15. Provide variety
16. Provide basic skills and vocabulary
17. Provide examples and models
18. Provide a network of expertise and support

A Great Educational site is:

1. Deep
2. Indulging
3. Complete
4. Elegant
5. Evocative

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