The seven principles of effective teaching: a framework for designing, delivering, and evaluating an internet-based assessment course for nurse educators.

The quality of online course offerings is heavily dependent on research-based pedagogy such as that proposed by Chickering and Gamson's 7 principles of effective teaching. The author describes how WebCT was used to support the 7-principles framework for an online assessment course for nurse educators. Results from the students' evaluation of online teaching effectiveness and students' comments regarding course quality are reported.