The student to student model is always a good reminder about peers teaching peers, but the importance of the teacher "checking" that knowledge, vetting it, to ensure that the knowledge is correct.

Great material for online. The idea of guest lectures is one idea i may have to include. 

Comment on Roderick Jordan's post: Comment on Roderick Jordan's post: as important as hands on skills are, the understanding of why those skills are employed is essential.

Comment on Carl Petee's post: carl you really pointed out the most relevent dilemma. humans are preprogrammed for confirmation bias in their quest to survive. 

What an interesting module. I loved being able to justify the quality of course elements, including images, videos, and how to improve student engagement and even the connection among students.

What importance does the design of activities have for students, but how important must be the didactic planning work.

In this section of the module, I was particularly struck by the recommendations for synchronous and asynchronous activities. I believe we often place a lot of value on real-time activities when there are many opportunities to make asynchronous activities flexible and relevant in the online classroom. And by the way, I couldn't activate the audio (if there was any) in the image with the PowerPoint and Word logos. I never knew what it was. Sorry.

I have learned at this early stage of the course that some elements I use in class are validated as critically instrumental to improve the quality of instruction. For example, the quality of materials (design) being visually appealing and the materials being engaging and intellectually stimulating for students. It's very reassuring! I dedicate a lot of time to both tasks, and I love that it's so important in online instruction.

Organization ,which ever style is used, is importatnt

A course that is easy to do and is not frustrating to finish