Training the Brain: Building an Online Course 
This case study is based on the process that one team of technical communicators used to create an online science course—for a company that had not previously offered online courses. The team developed, created, and implemented the course, Language and the Brain, in just two and a half months.
Win, Thet Shein, Laura Arendal, Wen Chao. STC Proceedings (2001). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>Online