Paris Massacres
In a face-to-face classroom, you can easily moderate a discussion on the Paris Massacres that occurred on Friday, November 13, 2015.
The question is, how do you moderate an emotional (anger-filled, confusing, etc.) discussion topic, in a continuing enrolling online class (students starting and finishing at their pace)?
Do you have a discussion within your online class or as a whole school? Russel Tarr...
Assignments
“The design of assignments, that is, the actions required to complete them, shapes the learning that results. We know this, but do we make the most of what we know when we design and select assignments?” (Welmir, 2015).
Read the following blog post:
6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments
Online assessment saves teachers’ time.
It makes student thinking...
Creating Effective Assignments
“There is a positive relationship between the amount of homework students do and their academic achievement. Yet there is also extensive literature arguing the havoc homework plays on students” (Voorhees, 2011).
“The intent, structure, and wording of a prompt all help promote or impede student learning” (Rank and Pool, 2014).
Assignments are part of any class–whether it face-to-face...