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7 Principles for Good Practice

7 Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education were originally published in 1987 by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson. These are widely accepted principles and they have been applied in various contexts. For your review (or if you haven't seen the original) the link to the original article (reprinted with permission by the Wingspread Journal: Johnson Foundation) is below for download:

• Seven Principles for Good Practice PDF

Further adaptations have included considerations around technology and LMS features (such as those used in Connect):

• Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever by Chickering and Ehrmann
• Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses
• The Seven Principles and WebCT
• 7 Principles and Vista PDF