The more time you are able to spend before the course begins planning and creating
the activities, the less time you will have to spend making important decisions about
the course while it is in session. Online instruction can often mean more work for the
instructor, but good course design and planning can help reduce the workload while
the course is in session and can help make the quality of interaction between the
instructor and the students more rewarding. This is also the time to consider what you
could remove from your course. Online discussions should not be viewed as an "addon";
rather, they should replace something else.