Indeed courses should be frequently/continuously evaluated for effectiveness. Most importantly use the results of that evaluation to change and improve the course, your teaching, and their learning

Shouldn't we have been using a facilitation of learning, facilitation of students all along, even before going online with teaching/learning?

Setting out and communicating guidelines and your pattern of teaching are even more critical in online learning, whether synchronous or asynchronous, because many of the the usual cues are missing or obscured.

Reply to Arianne Trias's post: I think this is something that is often lost, as we plow forward in our work.

The information regarding tech tools and teaching styles was quite informative. I learned about tools I had not thought of as teaching tools (e.g. blogs and wikis). They might be worth a more in-depth look. I also liked the reminder to perform formative and summative evaluations with students, not only on the course material but also the tech tools