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  Teaching for Active Online Learning 

  Focus : How well the course encourages students to become active online learners and members of the course community. 

  This section contains guidelines that relate to the incorporation of online learning activities into a course. 

  There are 8 guidelines in this section: 

  •      Activities 
  •      Activity feedback
  •      Activity location
  •      Compulsory activities
  •      Workload
  •      Activity attempts
  •      Activity completion
  •      Student reflection

  • Activities

    Criteria

    Activities allow students to demonstrate their learning. 

    Standard 

    • there is a clear purpose linked to the objectives and the topic learning objectives
    • instructions are clear
    • benefits of the activity are clearly articulated
      
      
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  • Activity feedback

    Criteria

    Activities provide feedback to students as appropriate. 

    Standard 

    • quizzes should have both question feedback and overall feedback
    • feedback includes how the student could improve
    • assume that staff will be active in discussion forums
      
      
  • Example from ......
  • Activity location

    Criteria

    Activities are easy to find and are located where you expect them to be.  

    Standard 

    • activities should be located alongside the learning content, i.e. students should be able to go through the learning material and then easily access associated activities
      
      
  • Example from ......
  • Compulsory activities

    Criteria

    Formative activities : clearly identify which activities are compulsory vs optional  

    Standard 

    • description/instructions do NOT imply the activity is compulsory or that "attendance" is mandated (if there is a synchronous activity)
      
      
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  • Workload

    Criteria

    Activities are achievable within the overall course load. 

    Standard 

    • activities can reasonably be completed within the course load
      
      
  • Example from ......
  • Activity attempts

    Criteria

    Indicate if attempts are/are not limited and how. 

    Standard 

    • Students can have multiple attempts
      
      
  • Example from ......
  • Activity completion

    Criteria

    Activities can be completed within the UniSA personal learning environment. 

    Standard 

    • Students are not required to 
      • create external accounts
      • download external software
      • join external groups
        
        
  • Example from ......
  • Student reflection

    Criteria

    Activities enable student reflection. 

    Standard 

    • for example 
      • three key ideas
      • two implications
      • one question                     
        
        
  • Example from ......

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