Development of Standards or Criteria for Effective Online Courses

Over the past few decades there has been a continual drum of concern by instructional designers, psychologists, researchers and informed educators concerning the design, presentation and evaluation of instructional resources in all their various formats. The innovations brought about by Internet technologies have once again amplified concerns regarding the viability of online course content, presentation and evaluation. While architecture of delivery has been brought to the "off the shelf" level by a number of software companies, many questions remain about developing criteria and standards for the content placed into such vehicles for Internet delivery.