When moving courses online, it’s tempting to just put the same old materials onto the online platform. Here are some guidelines I think will be useful to consider before repurposing materials and activities for the online environment.
- For both in-person and online courses, the top priority is to (re)consider whether the materials or activities will help to fulfill the learning objectives.
- Do the materials exploit the advantages of the online learning environment? For example, it may be a waste to use simple worksheets in an online course—they could perhaps be transformed into something more interactive or could be replaced by other formats like video or online games.
- Materials may have been very engaging in the classroom setting—consider whether they’ll still be engaging in the online environment. If not, can they be modified to make them more engaging?
- Think about the tech tools that you could use to deliver the materials or activities. Is there a tool that’s already available or could be easily acquired that could work for them? If students need to access a new tool, it should be free and easy-to-access. It should be easy for everyone to learn how to use and should be free of privacy and security concerns.
- Ensure that the materials or the activities fit into the plan for how much synchronous / asynchronous learning you want to take place.
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