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Monday, March 3, 2008

March 3, 2008

Good Morning Developers!

Today is the 25% completion date for most of you. I will be going into your courses this week to offer suggestions and check for 25% completion. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

It is important to not get stuck in a rut when it comes to developing assignments and activities for students in the online environment. It is easy for students to get bored in the online environment and it is the responsibility of the course designer to keep the course and assignments interesting and fun. There is no end to the different types of assignments that can be required of students in the online environment. Here are a few assignment options.

Art Projects Jigsaw
Journal Critiques Journaling
Podcasting Kinesthetics
Blogging KWL (Know/Want/Learn)
Case Briefs Lab Experiments
Case Studies & Case Based Instruction Learning Contracts
Concept Mapping Literature Review
Debate Oral Reports
Design Projects Peer Editing/Review
Discussion Question Activities Portfolios
Document Analysis Presentations
Drill and Practice Procedural Demonstration
Essays Q & A (student questions)
Fieldwork Quizzing
Fishbowl Reflections
Gaming Reviews
Group Debugging Role Playing
Group Problem Solving Scavenger Hunt
Group Reports Simulations
Hypothetical Situations Socratic Dialogue
Ice Breakers Webguest
Inductive Reasoning Wikis
Interviews

Visit this web page to learn more about each of these assignment options and see an example of how each of the above can be used in an online course: http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/otai/

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