This resource describes a synchronous student presentation of comparative analysis and a following asynchronous discussion.
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This resource discusses the use of virtual laboratory tools in an online chemistry course.
This assignment invites students to consider themselves policy makers and to try to reform existing policies in Bangladesh. This resource covers the archiving of student assignments and feedback for later review.
This assignment allows students to see themselves in the material they learn by letting them explore the people who do science, who they are/were, what their experiences and motivations are/were.
This resource covers ways to engage students in online discussion and presentation through the examination of two assignments.
This assignment asked students to read, annotate, and discuss a short story in order to understand how social positioning in the fictional world, as well as in the real world, affects one’s health. Student discussion was followed by a long-form writing assignment.
This assignment asked students to select a current events topic from an instructor-created website. Students then explored a historical event related to their topic of choice and wrote an op-ed.
This resource discusses the ways in which traditionally hands-on archaeology assignments were transformed to satisfy social distancing requirements and maintain relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This assignment offered an opportunity for students to learn about Japanese shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing”). By participating in shinrin-yoku individually, students not only learned about a practice relevant to the course but received a valuable break from the stress of online learning.
This assignment asked students to examine, discuss, and write about a variety of visual artifacts remotely.