Module 4
Student-Centered, Project-Based, and Team-Based Learning
2. Assignments & Resources
Assignment 1
Work with your group to share ideas on how to design assignments that support student-centered, project-based, and team-based learning. More specifically, consider the following guiding questions (all questions are addressed in the module's lecture notes):
- How would you structure your course modules to make students feel they discover rather than receive knowledge, all the while following a discovery path preconfigured by you?
- What are some specific assignment ideas that would reveal to the students the significance of their newly acquired knowledge? That is, what assignments can you describe that go beyond information recall and involve the analysis of a case study or the solution to a problem whose relevance can be recognized by the students?
- How would you design your assignments so that open-book and collaborative assignment-completion contexts support learning rather than constitute cheating?
- How would you motivate all students to actively contribute to group projects?
- How can you efficiently participate in the assignment-drafting process so that your expert feedback is actually incorporated in the student's learning and the submitted assignments?
Resources
- Module 4 Lecture Notes: Parts 1 & 2
- Collaboration Instructions for Group Assignments in DOTS (.pdf)
- "Work Groups" menu area
Enter the "Work Groups" area, click on the "Group" that includes your name, enter the "Group Discussion Board," and select the "Module 4: Assignment 1" forum. Additional instructions are included in the forum's description.Timeline
- Start: Saturday, 5/16
- End: Open-ended discussion; no submission required
Assignment 2
Use the ideas developed during Assignment 1 to rework the sample assignments for your prospective online course originally drafted during Module 2 (you may create new assignments if you wish). Your task is to write assignment descriptions and instructions that provide contexts for student-centered, project-based, and team-based learning.
Enter the information in your personal DOTS Blackboard course. You will continue building this course throughout DOTS and will be fine-tuning it for presentation during Module 6.
Resources
- Module 4 Lecture Notes: Parts 1 & 2 (same as in Assignment 1)
- Collaboration Instructions for Group Assignments in DOTS (.pdf)
- Your personal DOTS Blackboard course
Timeline
- Start: Tuesday, 5/19
- End: Friday, 5/22, 12:30 a.m. (i.e. late Thursday night)
References and Additional Resources
Review these optional additional resources for more information on the module's topics
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