View source for IDEAS to get students ACTIVELY ENGAGED in LEARNING

Most students would like to interact with others in their courses. Students need to be engaged with other students, the "outside world", in groups, and need opportunities for self-assessment and reflection. We can provide our students with opportunities to create presentations and portfolios, where they can create their own videos, find and display images and add links to web sites. The chart below provides ideas for engaging activities you can add to your classes.

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|style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Student-to-Student interaction
| Use [[Sakai: Forums |Forums]] for in-depth discussions, or [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954377-what-is-the-chat-room-tool Chat Room] for shorter interactions 
* Get ideas from your peers: [[Media:ForumQuestionsUsedbyDTCCInstructors.pdf|Discussion Forum Questions used by Durham Tech Instructors]]<br /> 
* Or try these [http://terrymorris.net/cats/first.htm Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)] <br />
'''Also''': Allow students to comment on each others' Blog posts or Student Pages (''see below'') 
|style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Easy<br /><br /><br /><br />Easy 
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|style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Student-to-world interaction
| Have students '''interview''' relatives, friends, experts, or others on a topic related to class – and post<br />
their results in the [[Sakai: Forums |Forums]]<br /><br />

Or have students '''create a video''' of an interview using [https://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Sakai:_Warpwire Warpwire]<br />
(Contact [mailto:sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu] for important [https://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Sakai:_Warpwire Warpwire] set-up information <br />for student video creation/uploading  or post on YouTube and mark the video "unlisted"). 
<br />Students can share links to their videos in the '''Forum''' or submit to the instructor.<br /><br />

Have students [[Tools: Screen_Shots |take a picture]] of something they made, a paper showing a problem they worked,<br />
or something you asked them to find or observe. Students can post the picture in a '''Forum''', or<br /> 
submit to the instructor via [[Sakai: Assignments |Assignments]].
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Easy<br /><br /><br />
Easy-to-<br />
Medium<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Easy<br />
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| Self-assessments
| [https://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Sakai:_Tests_%26_Quizzes Quiz]
| Easy
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| Reflective assignments
| [https://lss.at.ufl.edu/help/Blogs Blogs] - Example [https://sakai.durhamtech.edu/access/content/group/2012fa-hum-110-190/Course%20information/Blog_Activity.pdf Blog Activity]
| Easy
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| Written/visual presentations<br />
or student portfolios
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | [[Sakai: Lessons |Student Pages]] (in Lessons)
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Medium
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Oral Presentations
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Have students '''create a video''' of their presentation and upload the video using [https://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Sakai:_Warpwire Warpwire] <br />
(Contact [mailto:sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu] for important [https://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Sakai:_Warpwire Warpwire] set-up information for student video
<br />creation/posting or post to [[YouTube]] and mark "unlisted"<br /><br />
Have students use [[Screencast-O-Matic]] or other tool to create a presentation.<br /><br />
Use [[Sakai: Meetings |Sakai's Meetings]] tool to facilitate "real time" online student presentations to a group<br/>
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Easy-to-<br/>Medium<br /><br /><br />Medium<br/><br/>Advanced 
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Group Work
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Create [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954689-how-do-i-create-groups Groups] in Sakai. Then you can create a '''Forum''' topic for each group<br /><br />
Give each group an online meeting space (using [[Sakai: Meetings |Sakai's Meetings]] tool)<br /><br />
[[Tools: Wikis |Wikis]] (outside of Sakai) – have students collaboratively build a web page
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" | Medium<br /><br />Advanced<br /><br />Advanced
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