When the first principle is, "Let students do most of the work," you know you've hit a good guide. This is not tongue-in-cheek: the only way to manage an online course is to delegate many common tasks to students, such as leading web discussions, finding and discussing resources, answering each others' questions, grading and case study analysis. Other principles focus on the importance of interactivity and the importance of presence (and how to do it). Good article with a fair amount of discussion and examples complete with screen shots. Via Seb Schmoller. Other articles from the same issue of JALN are available online.
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