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PERIODIC TABLE OF ONLINE ACTIVITIES - What the learner does?
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Desired learning outcomes:*
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After the activite, the learner is able to...
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6CREATEDevelopment project, study
Tool:
How: The learners study their topic scientifically or create a development plan
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Designing, publishing, planning, producing, inventing, constructingCollaborative project
Tool: shared documents
How: Learners in small groups produce a solution, study, development plan or similar complicated creation. Participants should show project management and group dynamic skills as well as subject matter knowledge.
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Creating a digital product
Tool: Professional software in the field
How: Eg. designing a logo, coding a program, creating a 3D model etc.
Facilitated workshop
Tool: Flinga, Jamboard, Miro, Mural
How: A workshop, where participants solve a problem together, cocreate a concept or ideate. Prepared structure, clear instructions, scheduling and an online whiteboard that allows collaborative sense-making.
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5EVALUATEShared handbook
Tool: Wikis, shared documents, Google Docs
How: Learners produce during the period a shared handbook on the topic. The handbook wil remain with them afterwards, and they can be allowed to use it in the possible exam. Topical responsibilities can be divided in the beginning.
Research paper / essay
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Testing, experimenting, moderating, critiquingAdministrating or chairing a discussion
Tool: Teams, Zoom, Howspace
How: Clear rubric, instructions and pre-set roles
Peer-assessment
Tool: Moodle Workshop, Peergrade.io, forums
How: Clear instructions and rubric. make sure the participants are able to give polite, constructive feedback.
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4ANALYZECollaborative sense-making
Tool: online whiteboard such as Flinga, Mural, Jamboard, Miro
How: Whiteboard is prepared with a graph as background: timeline, sectors, a canvas etc. depending on the topic. Through collaborative discussion, the phenomenon is mapped, categorized, scheduled on timeline etc. depending on the need.
Simulation games
Tool: Agile Games , serious games
How: Choose a simulation game that suits the subject matter and is based on social interaction. Groups play the game via video call.
Reflective essay
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How: Clear instructions that offer generative questions that feed self-reflection
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Organising, integrating, comparing, validatingRecording videos
Tool: Teams, QuickTime Player, Screencast-O-Matic
Roleplaying
Tool: video call
How: Provide a case description, divide participant roles, set timer. Take turns to practice reacting in a situation, such as meeting a difficult client, negotiation, interview etc. Feedback afterwards.
VR practice
tool: Unity, Unreal, VR headset
How: A simulated environment that resembles a real context of application. Training complicated skills such as mechanical installations, customer encounters, maintenance.
Self-evaluation
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How: Clear instructions, that include rubric and criteria to evaluate and grade own work
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3APPLYProgramming assignments
Tool: Codegrade, Codesters
Webinars / moderated discussion
Tool: video conferencing
How: Scheduled, synchronous interaction, prepared discussion topics, clear structure and making use of breakout sessions.
Final exam
Tool: Moodle exam, Google Forms
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Branching scenario
Tool: H5P Branching scenario
How: Create case videos, after which the learner has to make a decision. Build videos and decisions into a scenario for practicing professional decision making, such as patient or customer encounters, negotiations etc.
Collaborative writing
Tool: Google Drive, Padlet, Wikis
How: Groups can be given same topics or different topics. The task can be used to update actual Wikipedia articles on a given topic.
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Implementing, operating, using, editingMath exercises
Tool: Matlab, quiz-työkalut, ChemCollective Virtual Lab
How: Create ready-made exercises, that the learner completes on their own. Exercises can be auto-graded.
Shared mind map
Tool: Flinga, Mindmanager, Mindmup, video conferencing
How: Groups create a shared mind map through discussions.
Cause and effect assignment
Tool: Cause and effect chain template
How: Provide a set of descriptions of situations. The learner arranges the descriptions into a cause and effect -chain.
Solving a case in collaboration
Tool: shared text document, video conferencing
Virtual visits
Väline: H5P Virtual tour, Visuon
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2UNDERSTAND
Chatbots
Tool: Chatfuel
How: Chatbot lowers the treshold to ask "stupid" questions. The bot can reply to simple questions, while the more complicated are directed for the teacher.
Forum and chat discussions
Tool: Slack, Teams, Moodle forum, Discord
How: Instruct and feed discussions, reply questions only in shared discussions so that everyone will see the reply and experience the interaction.
Interactive video
Tool: H5P Interactive video, Camtasia, Captivate
Mind mapping
Tool: Mindmanager, Mindmup, Flinga
A visual learning path
Tool: Thinglink, Clogster
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Narrative essay
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How: Learner is given the task to explain their impressions and experience on the topic. Blogs, essays, social media.
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Summarizing, explaining, categorizing
Practicing out loud
Tool: Tiktok, Duolingo, Google Translate
How: Practice a language and pronounciation by speaking out loud after a taping or simultaneously with it.
Teacher Q&A (Question & Answer hour)
Tool: Teams, Slack, Moodle Forums, Moodle Chat room
How: Set up a daily/weekly/bi-weekly time for open questions and technical support
Classification
Tool: H5P Sequencing, Drag and drop, Mentimeter
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Explorative text content
Tool: authoring tools (H5P, Articulate, Adapt Learning)
How: Content, that can be experienced in an explorative way, opening boxes, moving accordions, browsing carousels etc.
Scientific simulators
Tool: PhET Interactive Simulations (fi)
How: The learner can practice understanding eg. microscopical scale phenomena.
Poster creation
Tool: Canva, Powerpoint, graphic design software
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1REMEMBERFill in the blanks
Tool: H5P Fill in the blanks
How: For example legal text or text in foreign language, that is completed by filing in the blanks.
Face gallery
Tool: Padlet, Howspace
How: Every participant posts a brief introduction of themselves before the course/training starts. It can also contain entertaining elements, such as "post two facts and one lie about you - others will guess which one was lie".
Flash cards
Tool: H5P Flashcards
Podcasts
Tool: Moodle Audio
How: Often a text is better learned when it can be listened to while reading it. Audio opens possibilities for microlearning as well.
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Check-in exercises
Tool: video conferencing, online whiteboard, Powerpoint
How: Activate every participant during the first 15 mins of the session. Small question such as "pick one number that describes your feelings today".
Multiple choice test, quiz
Tool: H5P Quiz, Quizlet, Kahoot, Socrative
Videos
Tools: video platforms, embedded videos
How: Videos are most effective when they are used for brief, concise information, the must-learn content. Use subtitles to enhance accessibility.
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Identifying, recognising, listingIdentification
Tool: H5P Hotspot, Thninglink, Glogster
Reading articles
Tool: Learning platform, social curation platforms
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Test yourself
Tool: H5P Personality test
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Activity types:Practice & trialSocial interactionQuizzes & classificationInformation retrieval & contentSimulations & gamesReflection & knowledge constructionOther
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What the learner does:Activities, that let you try in practice. For example coding assignments in a programming course.Social activities, synchronously (real time) or asynchronouslyQuizzes, memory games, classification activities, drag & drops etc. Activities where information is retrieved on the internet or availble to watch, read or listen on a site.Learning games, branching scenarios, 360/virtual tours, VR, AR, demonstrations, simulated situations etc.Activities where the topic is studied and related outputs produced by the learner, self-reflective activities.All other types
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*According to Bloom's revised taxonomy
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Copyright: Akseli Huhtanen (2020), University of Helsinki Koulutus- ja kehittämispalvelut HY+, FITech Network University
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Versio: 1.1.2, updated 21.12.2020
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Shortlink to this document: https://cutt.ly/onlineAPT
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