In Chapter 6, Developing Cohort-based Courses with Teacher-student Interaction, we affirmed that when developing courses that are cohort-based and include teacher-student interaction, it's very important to maintain clarity with respect to course organization and also to establish excellent communication.

Similarly, in student-centered project-based courses, it's important to maintain clarity and good communication. It's also important to keep things as straightforward and simple as possible in terms of the activities you'll ask your students to do. After all, it can be complicated and confusing in the online environment if you have too many places to go and things to do at the same time.

In this chapter, you'll learn how to best set up a student-centered project-based course. We'll focus on a few key components you can use for a successful course and also review open source applications that students can use when they collaborate...