Experiencing challenges of delivering classes online, such as lack of student engagement, encouragement for students to apply critical reasoning, and technology fatigue, I developed the CLLEAR framework to give structure to my online theoretical nursing classes. The framework, based on best practices in nursing education, stands for: Connect, Look Back, Learn, Empower, Apply, and Reconnect. Each class begins with dedicated time to connect with students by inviting them to share how they are doing personally and progressing in other courses, allowing their voices to be heard, and establishing connections between our course, the entire program, and their personal lives. This leads to the development of a trusting student-educator partnership. In look back, pedagogical approaches are used to aid students in recall of course content from earlier weeks. In learn, theoretical information is presented together with activities to help students reflect on and apply content to their evolving nursing practice. In empower, critical thinking exercises challenge students' existing assumptions and ask them to consider how they can execute change to enhance their caregiving. In apply, in small groups, students explore a case study to apply content and develop clinical judgment skills. In reconnect, students summarize current learning, make connections to previous content, and project it onto upcoming topics. This framework was designed to challenge, on a class-by-class basis, students' beliefs about patient care, the health care system, and the student's role as social and health change agents in complex health care contexts.