Online
When designing your online or blended course we recommend you keep five principles in mind to create a 'buzz' in your course.
Blended and online teaching
These are by no means exhaustive, but we believe they will result in a course design that provides a sweet experience for you and your students.
2 Be clear
The team at the Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning (CeTTL) is available to assist with your online course design. To get in touch, email cettladmin@waikato.ac.nz or log a job for eLearning assistance in Kuhukuhu.
Selected books on blended and online learning
Anderson, T. (Ed.). (2008). The theory and practice of online learning. Retrieved from
Conrad, R-M., & Donaldson, J. (2012) (updated edition). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Garrison, D. R. (2011). (2nd ed.). London, England: Routledge
New Media Consortium. (2017). NMC Horizon Report 2017 Higher Education. Retrieved from
Nichols, M. (2010). Designing for e-learning. E-Primer Series, 3. Retrieved from
Palloff, R., & Pratt, K. (2007). Online learning communities in perspective. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Online learning communities (pp. 3-16). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Salmon, G. (2007). 80:20 for e-moderators. cms-journal 29. 39-43. Retrieved from
Selected articles on blended and online learning
Bangert, A.W. (2004). . The Internet and Higher Education, 7, 217-232. Retrieved from Elsevier
Torrance, M. (2015). Agile learner personas for Instructional Design. Retrieved from
White, David S., & Le Cornu, A. (2011). Visitors and residents: a new typology for online engagement. Retrieved from
Useful websites
- - website of eLearning leader and practitioner Gilly Salmon outlining key design models and teaching concepts such as the Five Stages Model and e-moderating
- - outline and articles explaining the Community of Inquiry model created by Terry Anderson and Randy Garrison