Transferring Your Passion for Teaching to the Online Environment: A Five Step Instructional Development Model

An instructor’s quest to express her personality and passion for teaching in an online course, without compromising academic rigor, led to the creation of a five-step instructional development model. This article describes the process from inception to assessment in the context of an online Histology course and provides a guide for others considering developing online science courses. The instructor’s perceptions are validated by data from student evaluations.