1. Reflect:

Process: Explore, Consider Possibilities, Question Assumptions, Observe Exemplar Online Courses, Air Concerns, Get Answers.

• Did you Know? Howie DiBlasi, YouTube April 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKBsfk_O8c
• Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh) Socialnomics09/Eric Qualman, YouTube May 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng-Read:
• Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning, Kassop, Mark – The Technology Source Archives, at the University of North Carolina, May/June 2003, http://technologysource.org/article/ten_ways_online_education_matches_or_surpasses_facetoface_learning/
• Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0, John Seeley Brown & Richard P. Adler (2008), Educause Review, vol. 43, issue 1. http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MindsonFireOpenEducationt/45823 or http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0811.pdf

2. Connect:

Process: Draw Connections, Consider Differences, Reconceptualize Learning Activities for the Online Environment.

• a series of unfortunate online events and how to avoid them , Alejandra M. Pickett (2006).
• “Do online students dream of electric teachers?” Jason Scorza (2005). Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Vol. 9, issue 2.

3. Organize:

Process: Chunk and Sequence Content, Draft Structure.

• (My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy, William E. Pelz, JALN, Volume 8, Issue 3 – June 2004.
• The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning, Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2007. http://www.criticalthinking.org/page.cfm?PageID=524&CategoryID=68
• A Preliminary Investigation of ‘Teaching Presence’ in the SUNY Learning Network ,Shea, P., Fredericksen, E., Pickett, A., Pelz, W., (2003) Elements of Quality Online Education, Needham, MA.-View:Competencies for Online Teaching Success (COTS) – Experts discussing the competencies needed to be successful in an online teaching environment, by Penn State World Campus.

4. Build: Process:

Consider the options and limitations of the online teaching and learning environment, Move from theory to effective design and practices.

• Teaching Presence in the SUNY Learning Network.pdfA Follow-up Investigation of “Teaching Presence” in the SUNY Learning Network, JALN_,_ Volume 7, Issue 2 – July 2003, Peter J. Shea, Alexandra M. Pickett, and William E. Pelz.

5. Refine:

Process: Review-revise-refine, critique, Take the Student Perspective.

• Online Community of Inquiry Review: Social, Cognitive, and Teaching Presence Issues , D.R. Garrison.

6. Implement:

Process: Prepare to Pilot your Course.

• Assessment and Online Teaching, Australian Flexible Learning Quick Guide Series, also available at http://pre2005.flexiblelearning.net.au/guides/assessment.pdf
• Seven Principles of Effective Teaching – A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses, Charles Graham, Kursat Cagiltay, Byung-Ro Lim, Joni Craner, and Thomas M. Duffy , The Technology Source, March/April 2001.
• Strategies for Managing Workload, Experts discussing different strategies to managing the online workload in an online teaching environment, by Penn State World Campus.

7. Evolve:

Process: Commit to Iteration.

• A Vision of Students Today, Michael Wesch, YouTube October 2007, http://youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
• The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube and the Politics of Authenticity, YouTube, July 16, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gR6VPVrpw