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Discussion Forums |
Post topics or questions for students to respond, share information and resources, and discuss asynchronously |
Opportunity for high interaction between all course participants if instructor clearly communicates minimum requirements |
Can be used as a form of assessment; Provide rubric or grading criteria to students |
Discuss, analyze, compare and contrast |
Discussions (Canvas), Facebook, VoiceThread, Perusall |
Virtual Meetings/Web Conferences |
Communicate synchronously with one or more students with the benefit of video/audio/whiteboard capabilities; have live presentations/lectures by the instructor or student |
Visual and audio interaction possibilities with video/web conferencing |
Limited assessment capabilities |
Present, listen, watch, discuss, speak, meet |
Zoom, Microsoft Teams meetings |
Chat Rooms |
Have synchronous communication between multiple people in a text only format |
Less formal interaction in real time |
Not for assessment |
Discuss, clarify, meet |
Chat (Canvas), Google Hangouts |
Announcements |
Send a reminder or give out new information to all students at once |
One way communication from teacher to learner |
Not for assessment |
Recall, remember |
Announcements (Canvas), Facebook Group |
Blogs |
Have students post a chronological series of entries on a topic, make periodic updates on the same page |
Each blog page is usually written by a single user or group but made public to the rest of the class for comment |
Can be used for assessment |
Update, recall, reflect, review |
Wordpress, Blogger |
Journals |
Have students write or reflect throughout the course, record lab results, document clinical experiences |
Usually private between the student and instructor, but can be shared for others to read |
May be used for assessment by the instructor |
Reflect, record, document, communicate |
ePortfolio or Assignments (Canvas) |
Wiki |
Collaborative space where all students can view, contribute, and edit content, create course glossaries and study guides, post text, images, videos, and links |
Open for interaction and collaboration between all students and the instructor |
Limited assessment capabilities |
Brainstorm, plan, write, define, create, post |
Pages or Collaborations (Canvas) |
Student Groups |
Organize students for things like group projects or papers |
High interaction among small groups of students |
Assignments created as a group can be turned in and assessed |
Create, collaborate, discuss, compare and contrast |
People (Canvas), Facebook Group |
Quizzes |
Assess learning with questions |
Limited interaction between instructor and student |
Designed as an assessment tool |
Respond, recall, identify, label |
Quizzes (Canvas) |
ePortfolio |
Have students collect evidence, artifacts, or document learning for long term storage |
Individual work that may be shared with others |
May be used for assessment, formative or summative |
Document, collect, assemble |
ePortfolios (Canvas) |