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.

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.