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Activity & Purpose | Individual, Group, or Whole Class | Tools or Technology Needs |
Weekly Quizzes on Readings and Multimedia learning materials - reinforce concepts, check for understanding | Individual | Quizzes: unlimited attempts |
Reflection journals - identify aspects of the personal learning experience | Individual | Google Docs: instructions in settings to limit access to anyone except writer and instructor. |
Final Project - Create project demonstrating mastery of Course Learning Outcome 3 | Groups, 4 members | Groups for optional workspace (can use their own tools if agreed on by whole group) - Activity discussion forum, wiki, and file sharing |
Weekly Discussions - reinforce concepts | Whole Class | Discussion forums |
Writing assignments (3 papers) - assessment/practice of skills | Individual | |
Peer evaluation of drafts (writing assignments) | Pairs (change w/ each assignment) but carried out with whole-class access | Course Blog |
Related Information
Interaction in e-Learning: from theory to practice by Celeste Scholz [Video]
Establishing social presence in online learning environments by Patrick Lowenthal and Joni Dunlap, Boise State University [Slide Presentation]
Building An Online Learning Community by Kevin Wilcoxon, LearningSolutions