Norina Godek

You should model your online course after a normal in course/lecture to keep students engaged.

To make sure the assignments are clear so there isn't any confusion.  If you expect students to do well on a assignment and multiple students don't do well, the instructure may have not explained things clearly.

Students need to have self control with asynchronoous learning because it is more independent, but it can also be popular because it works better with individual schedules.

Just because you have access to a variety of technology tools, does not mean you need to use them all.  You should choose which learning tool works best with your students.