Selecting Learning
Activities:
A number of criteria can provide a starting point for
guiding the selection of learning activities:
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Plan
authentic activities
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Promote
self-directed learners
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Go
beyond one subject area
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Use
multiple approaches (diverse range of activities)
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Go
beyond retelling
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Keep
it simple (Simple designs and web pages are easier for both teachers and
students to use)
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Borrow
activity ideas from others
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Touch
imagination
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Build
to promote intentionality – a clear purpose
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Engage
the learner
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Build
on controversy
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Use
characteristics of the Web, including hypertext, multimedia, communication
tools, and interactivity
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Build
activities around current events
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Use
non-Web materials, events, and locations (learners should use some time
working cooperatively offline or with print materials, with real objects or
in significant locations)
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Facilitate
spontaneity – proper balance between teacher control and student freedom
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Plan
for open-ended inquiry by letter students make choices within a set of
educationally sound boundaries
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