It should be noted that both online courses and online experiences are expected to:

• Be organized in a coherent, sequential manner
• Have instructional goals, objectives, strategies, and assessments that are aligned with state standards, benchmarks and expectations
• Is comparable in rigor, depth and breadth to traditionally delivered curriculum
• Include the principles of Universal Design for Learning by providing multiple approaches to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Be relevant and address many learning styles
• Include asynchronous and/or synchronous interaction between teacher and student, and student-to-student
• Include teachers who are knowledgeable in web-based instruction techniques
• Incorporate resources outside the classroom
• Include a monitoring plan