I've been teaching online and designing online courses for going on 8 years now. I think this is a good time to assess what's working and what's not working.
So, my question to the group goes something like this: if you could build an online class from scratch, what would it look like?
Would you start with an LMS or ditch it? Would you even include asynchronous discussion questions? Are there tools and technologies that we should be using that aren't being employed now?
Personally, I feel that we need to build more synchronous opportunities into our online courses. This… >>>