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	Gregory A. Kompes BellaOnline's Distance Learning Editor

Chunking in Online Design
Online course designers will help learners succeed by chunking.

Copyright, Intellectual Property and Fair Use
The general rule about copyrights is that anything you create is immediately and automatically copyrighted by you. You don´t actually have to do anything. Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form.

Don´t Make me Think -- Book Review
If you´re designing online courses (or websites in general), Don´t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug, will speed you along to creating a user friendly site.

Instructional Design and Online Course Development [offsite link]
Overview website on instructional course design and development by Ann Gordon.

Instructional Design Knowledge
Foundational theories, assumptions, and philosophical traditions impact instructional design, but in the world of online learning, they aren´t the only consideration.

Instructional Design Models [offsite link]
Martin Ryder of the University of Colorado presents a useful overview of various learning theories from behaviourist to postmodern approaches.

Plain Language
We use plain language to present information in a way that makes it as easy as possible for people to understand. It emphasizes the importance of audience, clarity, and comprehension.

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