Re-Design for Remote Learning Toolkit

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#4 Brainstorm Activities

Now for the fun part...creating ways to make learning fun & make it stick!

Think of activities as short ‘bursts’ of learning—with no more than 6 minutes of content presentation. This keeps Learners engaged and helps with retention, especially in remote learning experiences.

Here’s how...

Create engaging ‘remote-friendly’ Activities to support each Topic. We’ve made it easier by pre-populating the list of ‘Activity Types’. Add a variety of different types of activities to keep Learners engaged and to reinforce new concepts in different ways.

For example, you could start with a ‘Quiz’ game or ‘Video Clip’ to grab people’s attention, then go into a 5 minute intro ‘Talk.’ These activities can be in-person, online, or both—it’s up to you.

Pro Tip:

* Need Activity ideas? Refer to tried and true tools like

Bloom’s Taxonomy⁠

and the

Bloom’s Taxonomy Wheel⁠

for ideas on digital/online activities to keep learning active, social, and applied.

* Want to re-think your design? Explore the

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines⁠

(UDL) and

checklist⁠

to ensure your learning experience covers every aspect of ‘What’, ‘Why’, and ‘How’ of learning experiences and is learner-focused.

* Want to add your own Activity ‘types’? Just type it into the ‘Activity’ column and select your new type (the pop-up with the plus sign (’+’)) to add it to your list of Activity ‘types’

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🤾‍♂️ #1: Suggest Learning Activities for each Topic

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Instructions

1. Select a topic from the ‘Topic’ dropdown list so you can work on developing the Activities and Content one Topic at a time

2. Add Activities to help Learners learn, reinforce, recall, and relate Topic to real-world examples

Pro Tip:

* To help Learners with engagement and retention, attempt to increase the ‘Learner Effort’ as you move through the module. The higher the 'Effort value’, the higher the level of learning.

* To learn more, see
Bloom’s Taxonomy⁠
and the
Bloom’s Taxonomy Wheel⁠
.

* Add some ‘Activity Notes’. Here’s where you can describe Learner options for in-person, participate via video, or watch recorded session.

* To learn more about hybrid learning solutions, check out this
this guide⁠
developed after the COVID-19 impact on learning experiences.

Topic:
Welcome/Intro
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[ Estimated Time of Activities for this Topic:
`10 mins`
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]

Activity Planning (Sorted by Learner Effort)

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Add an Activity

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Activities

Activities

Activity

Duration (mins)

Activity Notes

Approach(es)

Learner Effort

Structured Notetaking

10 mins

Welcome & Intro Video: Interview or short story

Active Listening

1. Remember

No results from filter

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 #2: Add Remote & Asynchronous Options (if applicable)

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Instructions

We’re ready to add the ‘remote’ and ‘asynchronous’ learning options for all our Activities, if applicable.

1. Use the following worksheet to design a few Remote options (’live’, online video/video interactions) & Asynchronous options (online, but on-demand) options for each Activity.

Pro Tip: This requires a bit of a mindset-shift, so check out the ‘Additional Resources’ page for some inspiration. To learn more,
read this article⁠
and
check out this example⁠
.

2. Use the ‘Comments’ section to ask other co-creators for feedback and ideas on a particular Activity. Pro Tip: Use the
at (@) mention code⁠
in the Comments field to tag other members on the team to message them about something specific directly on each Topics page.

Welcome/Intro

Week 2 Intro

Week 3 Intro

Topic

Welcome/Intro

Keypoints

Keypoint1

Keypoint2

Related Learning Outcome

Learning_Outcome_01

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🗺️ #2: Take a step back to see how it all looks

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Instructions

Now is a good time to take a look at the draft of your Design Plan to check the following:

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Are the Topics sequenced in a logical way? Do they flow well? If something’s missing, go back to
#3 Develop Content⁠
to work on the Topics

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Are there too many Activities (or too few) planned for each Session, given the time allotted.

Pro Tip: Some universities use the following guideline:

* 50-min for classes that meet 3 times/week

* 75-min for classes that meet 2 times/week

* 2h 45min for classes that meet once/week

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Is there a good mix of ‘Activity Types’ in each Session? Do the Activities require more 'Effort’ as Learners move along. Go back to Step #1 above ☝️ if you need to move Activities around.

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Are the Lecture & Video Content pieces broken up into small enough chunks—of no more than 6 minutes? If so, how can you break them up?

View Activity Details by Week

[ Estimated Time of Activities for this Topic:

0

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]

Select a session to view:
Week 1
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Topic

Approach(es)

Learner Effort

Activity

Duration (mins)

In-Person

Remote

Offline

Session

No results from filter

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View the overall Flow of Activities

Session

Topic

Activity

Duration (mins)

Learner Effort

Session 1

Welcome/Intro

Structured Notetaking

10 mins

1. Remember

Session 2

Week 2 Intro

RolePlay

15 mins

Session 3

Week 3 Intro

Lecture Content

6 mins

2. Understand

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And, the last and final step:
`#5 Start Building`⁠
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#4 Brainstorm Activities

Now for the fun part...creating ways to make learning fun & make it stick!

🤾‍♂️ #1: Suggest Learning Activities for each Topic

Topic: Welcome/Intro⁠

[ Estimated Time of Activities for this Topic: 10 mins⁠]

Activity Planning (Sorted by Learner Effort)

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 #2: Add Remote & Asynchronous Options (if applicable)

🗺️ #2: Take a step back to see how it all looks

View Activity Details by Week

Select a session to view:Week 1⁠

View the overall Flow of Activities

And, the last and final step: #5 Start Building⁠ »

Topic:
Welcome/Intro
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[ Estimated Time of Activities for this Topic:
`10 mins`
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]

Select a session to view:
Week 1
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And, the last and final step:
`#5 Start Building`⁠
»