Two types of activities

Short activities

These are formative activities designed to contribute to your learning experience, networking and interaction with fellow students. These activities generally require between 1 to 15 minutes learning effort. Examples include:

Short quizzes with interactive feedback (not tracked or graded)
Microblog posts
Viewing short videos for reflection.
Designated forum posts
Case studies with interactive feedback (not tracked or graded)
Optional blog posts

Contribution to certification options
Certification of participation specifies a minimum number of microblog, blog and discussion forum posts during the course.

Participation metrics

Substantive E-Activities

E-Activities are more comprehensive learning activities ranging from 1 to 3 hours of learning effort. The E-Activities require the learners to create something and the majority require learners to publish a blog post because we believe that the public sharing of ideas contributes to the quality of learning for both authors and readers. E-Activities contain:

A clear statement of purpose
Suggested stimulus links on the web which are selected to initiate the E-Activity
A list of suggested tasks
A statement of learning outcomes required to demonstrate your learning.

Contribution to certification options
Certification of participation specifies a minimum number of E-Activities. The outputs of many of the course E-Activities are specified requirements for the final assignment in the course for learners seeking formal academic credit.

Participation metrics

E-Activities