E-tivities 1 What are e-tivities? E-tivities are: Why use e-tivities? Motivating, engaging and They’re in your hands purposeful; They’re easily changeable Based on interaction between They utilise a wide variety of learners/students/participants & knowledge active contribution; They are focused on application Designed and led by an of learning They are customisable and Structured participative group personalisable work online They help to build communities Usually asynchronous (take place of practice over time); Evaluation for quality & Cheap and easy to run via effectiveness can be built into VLE/discussion boards/Web 2.0 process Any topic, any level How to create e-tivities Start with the End in Mind. Sharpen the Saw What do you want to achieve by this How will you prepare yourself to make online activity? this activity a success? How will it add to the students’ What preparation will the student need learning? to take part? How will you evaluate the activity? Be Proactive First Things First! Plan your role and actions. How will you introduce and start the How often will you need to intervene? activity off? What will you do about How much notice will the students’ need Can you design clear instructions? Seek to Understand What happens if the activity doesn’t go Think Win : : Win as you planned? Why will the students want to take How can you get information to part? change it for next time? Will it add obvious and clear value? E-moderate Plan what you have to do to make this work! The good e-tivity criteria Unambiguous (not open to interpretation) Short Can be grasped at the first reading Offers obvious benefit to the participant Contributes visibly to the learning objective E-moderator’s role is clear Timed From , University of Leicester
E-tivities 1 What are e-tivities? E-tivities are: Motivating, engaging and purposeful; Based on interaction between learners/students/participants & active contribution; Designed and led by an Structured participative group work online Usually asynchronous (take place over time); Cheap and easy to run via VLE/discussion boards/Web 2.0 Why use e-tivities? They’re in your hands They’re easily changeable They utilise a wide variety of knowledge They are focused on application of learning They are customisable and personalisable They help to build communities of practice Evaluation for quality & effectiveness can be built into process Any topic, any level How to create e-tivities Start with the End in Mind. What do you want to achieve by this online activity? How will it add to the students’ learning? How will you evaluate the activity? First Things First! How will you introduce and start the activity off? How much notice will the students’ need Can you design clear instructions? Think Win : : Win Why will the students want to take part? Will it add obvious and clear value? Sharpen the Saw How will you prepare yourself to make this activity a success? What preparation will the student need to take part? Be Proactive Plan your role and actions. How often will you need to intervene? What will you do about Seek to Understand What happens if the activity doesn’t go as you planned? How can you get information to change it for next time? E-moderate Plan what you have to do to make this work! The good e-tivity criteria Unambiguous (not open to interpretation) Short Can be grasped at the first reading Offers obvious benefit to the participant Contributes visibly to the learning objective E-moderator’s role is clear Timed From , University of Leicester
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