An interesting rubric from CSU-Chico's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for evaluating online instruction along six categories, with criteria for baseline, effective, and exemplary practices. I think you'll find this quite useful for your online courses.
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) - an organization whose purpose is to help learning organizations continually improve quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs - has a database of effective practices, reports, and other resources, such as:
Blackboard & WebCT have an Exemplary Course Project website. You
can review these award winning courses to see how your colleagues from around the globe are applying
effective practices in their online courses.
The Illinois Online Network (ION) website at the University of Illinois is filled with good advice and resources to support online instructors (and students), particularly in the "Pedagogy and Learning" and "Communication" sections.
Kathy Sayville, Instructional Technologist at Northern Michigan University has developed a fun way to offer guidance to faculty making the switch to teach online.
