10 Effective Practices to Include in Your Online Curriculum

submitted by hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu

Over the summer the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Committee along with your eLearning Team researched and gathered 10 effective practices to include in your Augsburg curriculum. These practices apply to: In-person (since the course content is housed online in Moodle), Hybrid, Asynchronous and Synchronous Courses.

As you are putting your curriculum together for the upcoming semester, please consider the following guidelines that address what students need to succeed in an online course, and consider implementing them into your courses.

What Students Need to Succeed in an Online Course?: 10 Effective Practices to Include in your Online Curriculum

1. Connection with Instructor and Peers

2. Course Material that are Easily Accessible

3. Course Content tied to Course Objectives

4. Clear Understanding of Due Dates and Assessments

5. Access to Resources

6. Thoughtful Consideration from Instructors

7. Clear Class Expectations

8. Set Times for Support

9. Streamlined Curriculum

10. A Variety of Activity Types

Click the link for “What Students Need to Succeed in an Online Course” for details. Feel free to print (on legal sized paper) and display this poster in a convenient location to serve as a reminder of these effective practices to include in your Augsburg curriculum.

Printable pdf.: What do Students Need to Succeed in an Online Course?