by Jim Blodget, Chemekata Community College, Salem, Oregon
- Go into it for the long haul
- Design for yourself - make it a product you yourself would want to use
- Under promise and over deliver
- Give your best stuff away free
- Build community - create a sense of ownership
- Be a mensch (a person who is admired, respected, and trusted because of a sense of ethics, fairness and nobility)
- Work 1 on 1 - provide constant, immediate, positive feedback; Be indulgin
- Improve / evolve / revise and enhance
- Eliminate barriers
- Structure for success
- Be student centered - Empower students. Do what’s right for the student
- Lay it out completely and clearly
- Make it dynamic
- Structure for active learning
- Provide variety
- Provide basic skills and vocabulary
- Provide examples and models
- Provide a network of expertise and support