Do you want to learn what the DOE is doing this month? This link will take you to the U.S. Department of Education's monthly online newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to promote innovative practices in education and provide valuable trends and research that is continuously being conducted in education. There are a number of links to published articles throughout the newsletter as well. For other newsletters by the Department of Education, visit: http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/index.html

This is the Quality Matters Rubric Standards with the assigned point values. Standards by category are listed with the associated points to those standards.

Have you recently be searching for a self- or peer-assessment of your facilitation of online courses? The "Assessing Online Facilitation" instrument (AOF) helps to evaluate your facilitation for strengths and areas for improvement.

Offer the AOF to fellow teachers to guide a peer evaluation of their performance in the online classroom.

National Standards for Quality Online Teaching provides states, districts, online programs, and other organizations with a set of quality guidelines for online teaching and instructional design. The initiative began with a thorough review of existing online teaching quality standards, a cross-reference of standards, followed by a research survey to NACOL members and experts to ensure the efficacy of the standards adopted. Take a look at the guidelines to see how they can help your district.