Design simple and organized weekly plans with clear explanations and deadlines by being mindful of volume and pacing.
Give students more time to do fewer, richer assignments.
Allow students to be partners in your lesson planning. They will be empowered in this process by co-creating and collaborating with you and with one another.
Use your goals, content, and assessments to decide what should be completed synchronously, and what can be completed asynchronously. This decision is probably the most important one when planning your course
Provide students with a recorded weekly overview before each week starts.
The goals of your lesson or unit, should drive the essential design decisions you make in an online class., In, Understanding by Design, Wiggins & McTighe explain how to do that using Backwards Design
Create engaging daily routines that provide consistent opportunities for student voice
Small changes in our pedagogy can result in great impact on students' learning.
What are some of the pedagogical, logistical, and human considerations we should take when deciding between asynchronous vs. synchronous learning?
Weekly or biweekly assignments, feedback points, and self-reflections can be structured in pacing guides that will allow students to stay on track. Make your own using this.editable pacing guide.
High Quality Project-Based Learning Framework: a tool for designing and assessing projects