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Open Society University Network Media Literacy Module​

Open Society University Network Media Literacy Module compiled by Daniel Calingaert and Meggan Houlihan The attached Media Literacy Module is a 1-hour and 20-minute class originally designed to slot into OSUN Online and Network Collaborative Courses. Aimed at introductory and intermediate students, it provides context on how news spreads on social media and drills down […]

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Takako Mino – African Case Team Presentation

This assignment, from the first course in Ashesi University’s Leadership Series, focuses on inviting students to apply the leadership concepts they learned to a case study in order to analyze a real life problem in Africa and to create potential solutions to address these complex challenges.

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Sameh Hallaq – Macroeconomics and COVID Report

This assignment was designed to offer students the opportunity to analyze and present macroeconomic concepts, through a written report and oral presentation, in relation to their different disciplines and the current situation in Palestine.

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Rachel Nelson – When you Say; An Embodied Oral History Exercise

This assignment blends oral history and performance, inviting students to conduct interviews and then translate those conversations into a short script that is staged and performed.

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Michael Harris Cohen – Introduction Sketch

This assignment offers a way to integrate speeches and research presentations as a way for students to share their work with one another and gain experience in both written and oral communication methods.

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Mayesha Tasnim – Design a Training Program

In the context of a Human Resources Management course, this assignment invites students to design an entire training program which can be translated into real life contexts.

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Marcus Giamattei – Teaching with Interactive Experiments in Online Classes

This activity offers a way to use interactive simulations to engage students in the analysis of concepts learned in a Macroeconomics course.

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Kseniya Shtalenkova – OSUN-Wide Student Visual Contest

This resource shares information about a Visual Contest that invited students across the network to explore how images might help to address the following question: How does freedom of expression change during a pandemic?

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Jennifer Browdy – Inquiry Log Research Project

The inquiry log is an extended research project that includes a detailed record of the entire process of research and writing, so that students are working towards a final project from the very start of the course.

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Template to Transfer Course Blocks to Online or Blended Formats

This resource gives a framework for organizing online/blended course blocks. Includes an example.