For over a decade, teachers have been using the Internet as a resource for lesson plans, searching for jobs and to communicate with other teachers and to find out background information on potential locations and employers around the world. The Internet is also currently in the potential position where it poses a threat to many ESL positions, given the rising interest in using applications such as .
However, it is the students who are the ones that can benefit the most from the Internet, and it is the teachers who should be harnessing this invaluable resource and incorporating it into their class.
This article takes a look at some of the while students build on their English skills using a complete range of multimedia available on the Internet.
One of the major skills that are required throughout life, and especially at university, is researching a topic that is relatively unknown. The Internet is a great place to look to obtain background information and formulate a picture of the background of a topic that is relatively unknown to a student. I like to assign my students a topic, such as ‘volcanos’, and give my students the task to find out the different types of volcanos that exist, and to explain some of the similarities and differences between the different types. This activity provides students with the ability to practice a number of skills that is involved in the research process, while at the same time giving them useful reading and speaking practice. To create an interactive element to the exercise, students can form pairs or groups in order to discuss the information that they come across, and then present their findings to the rest of the class.
This is a great activity that can be adapted for students of all ages and abilities. Create a worksheet with a series of questions for students to research and find the answers. Students can work individually or in groups in a race to see who can successfully navigate the Internet to find the answers to the questions.
As an increasing number of students are beginning to attend foreign universities, the need to present information in a variety of forms other than essays is becoming more and more widespread. Dossiers are a common form of presentation styles of assignments at universities throughout the world. I like to assign my students with a and find out certain information, preferably a country that is not too familiar to the student. I generally ask my students to find out information about a country, such as population, religion, , , and , and present the information in the form of a dossier. Rather than focus on the structures of writing, a dossier looks at the student’s ability to research information, focusing on the ability to summarise and dissect a large sum of information. Students also enjoy collecting the information and presenting the information in a colourful and creative way.
I am a big believer that students should know what is happening in the outside world, and one of the best way for the students to practice their English and find out what is happening in the outside world is to make use of the Internet and take a deeper look at the news happening around the world. I like my students to bring in an item of news once a week and to discuss it with the rest of the class, adding and possible solutions to the situation. This activity can potentially turn into a , and gives the students control over the material used in class.
While and may initially appear to be a distraction to the learning process, teachers can easily harness the popularity of social networking and use it to their advantage. I like to encourage my students to find what we used to call a pen pal, and write on a regular basis. and put it to practice on a personal level with someone that they can grow close too and become friends with. They can develop this relationship over a period of time and report back to the class over time and talk about the ups and downs that happen in their email buddy’s life.
Ah yes, the age old school activity where we used to go to our local shopping centre and ask members of the public various questions, which the answers we will correlate at a later stage. Well, as technology has advanced, students can conduct their surveys on the Internet. I like to give my students a topic and then get them to conduct an online survey. The survey could be about any topic at all, and students could conduct the survey with their friends using social networking websites such as Facebook. Surveys are great for students to analyse responses and that allows the students describe the findings. This is an important skill that students will need later on when undertaking task 1 of the writing component of .
By dragging your students away from the traditional classroom and into the computer room, they’re learning a number of important skills that are essential when learning English, all under the guise of entertainment.
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Thinking Through Philosophy, Culture, and Psychology
This is the second in a series on using the internet as a learning device. You can read part one here and part three here .
We are looking at the best practices for using the Internet for research. Think of the internet as a library; it houses information on every topic you can imagine. It can point you to the best resources on Earth for information or link you to an authority on whichever topics capture your imagination.
This massive library, a place where âreading materials are systematically arranged,â represents the whole of human knowledge, and sits accessible day and night. It can jump-start your research, narrow down sources, challenge your ideas on your topic and questions, and yield a ton of information very easily. In the words of Noam Chomsky, itâs invaluable as a research tool.
However, because the Internet isnât regulated, anyone can post anything, regardless of itâs accuracy. There is no committee tasked with making sure the internet is a safe and truthful place; we are truly still in the Wild West days of internet usage. You need to develop an incredibly skeptical approach to claims or ideas you discover, and a process to determine their accuracy, to see through bias – the authorâs and your own – to separate fact from opinion.
A few questions to start with:
Then, a few tips to keep in mind while looking for information online:
Be cautious and find out information about the author and their background or qualifications, as well as look at the information they link to or reference in their work. Verify their claims and sources back to the original source or document. You want to be confident in the reliability of a writerâs work.
Donât make the mistake of thinking breaking news is better. It takes time for details and facts to be validated and a clear picture to emerge. Often, informing yourself with older, established aspects of the subject will equip you to process the newer and more detailed articles and reading you do later.
Itâs worth looking at whether the website is updated and links are not broken, so youâre aware that facts or research found there may be out of date. However, not every website needs to be recently written to be accurate, especially when dealing with older, historical figures and facts. Iâve found hobby websites and posts on explorers and other figures through history which were written years ago to be full of facts and quotes which didnât make it into the summaries on the person. They were simply written in 2012, instead of this year. However, do rigorously check the claims and facts on these older posts and sites.
Keep in mind the role bias can play in writing and reading research. Bias leads us to only seek out news or facts which bolster our beliefs. When doing research, we want to find information which challenges those beliefs, to test them for accuracy.
Most importantly, search with the end in mind. Consider the purpose of your research, as this will dictate the nature of sources to look for. If youâre doing research to come up with ideas, perhaps reading through blogs and websites will supply creative ideas. If you are writing for an academic audience, scholarly articles and peer-reviewed sources would provide a firm foundation for your paper. If you want to know the latest discoveries in current research on a specific topic, news releases and publications will likely point you in the right direction. Sources become more or less convincing depending on your goals.
As Iâve shared in a couple editions of Five for Friday, Wikipedia has significantly improved its quality and the veracity of its sources since its beginnings in 2001. Once a joke among students, and blacklisted by instructors, the âfree encyclopediaâ has all but reinvented itself. Now, its summaries often inform the search results in the sidebars of internet browsers, and more likely than not, the top search results lead to Wikipedia.
Where once Wikipedia pages were primarily opinion and often false or misleading, now entries are vetted and continually improved. Behind the webpages, a team of over 130,000 monthly editors work to clean up grammar, flag when a source needs to be cited, and discuss the intricacies of perceived bias and opinion.
This increase in standards has positioned Wikipedia to become a serious rival to other databases, like the Encyclopedia Britannica website. Where the Encyclopedia Britannica articles have historically been written by celebrated academics or leaders in their fields, including Nobel laureates and former presidents, Wikipedia allows anyone to edit and contribute. This has been the source of much hesitancy, and in part, contributed to the ribbing visited upon anyone seriously citing Wikipedia in conversation. If anyone can write what they want, how can anything be trusted?
The website requires rigorous validation and quality sources to be cited. There are discussions about bias, opinion, and diversity of experience. This also allows for more people, more debate, and ultimately more consensus on a topic. Britannica have paid their contributors, attracting talent, but therein limiting the number of participants and entries. Wikipedia, with their millions of registered volunteers, attracts writers and researchers because they care about the topic at hand. Perhaps this passion for knowledge is what has allowed Wikipedia to succeed.
Wikipedia is also the more extensive source to start with when researching living people. Wikipedia has made this their calling card, over the years, with updates happening seemingly instantaneously. The Wikipedia article on Elon Musk, for instance, currently sits at over 11,000 words, while the Britannica listing is just over 900 words, though, to be fair they do link to related articles about his businesses.
Iâve found the single most useful feature of Wikipedia to be the âFurther Readingâ section at the bottom of most entries. This lists books, videos, articles, and other vetted sources on the topic, often from which the entry has been compiled. After familiarizing myself with a summary of the person or idea, I click on this section. It is a wealth of information, listing out biographies, documents available online, and other quality source material which you can then explore and learn from yourself. For example, in my recent research on Marshall McLuhan, I discovered that his family maintains an extensive website with quotes, notable appearances or references to his work, and a full biography and bibliography. I was able to find several quality books and webpages from the single Further Reading one section on McLuhanâs Wikipedia page .
For any topic you can list, there is a blog about it. Blogs and other personal websites can also be very helpful, particularly when they list or link to their source material. Not all websites link to source material; many simply quote other stories without bothering to verify any further. When you are looking for accurate information, youâll need to take on this work yourself, finding the actual book, study, or interview to which the article is referring. Donât be content with the fact that everyone else seems to think itâs legitimate; do the work to know for certain that the information is valid.
Encyclopedia Britainnica is a great resource for historical research in particular. The Encyclopedia website is written by professionals, which adds a bit of weight to their articles. Those former Presidents and globally respected leaders write extensively about their interest and sources, which provides the reader with a long list of references to explore.
Scholarly sources are also a great place to gather information. Depending on your topic and the purpose of your research, you may want to focus primarily on these sources. Google Scholar searches through academic articles. The drawback here is that Google searches the entire document, rather than only the abstracts, which may or may not be available to you to view online. You may also need to pay to access the research returned in a search. Many of these studies are rather pricey, averaging $25 for a copy of a single study. If you are a student, most likely your institution has access to many of these databases already. Otherwise, I would recommend going through your public library, and asking which databases they have access to. In either case, ask your librarian and theyâll know how to help you gain access. Google Scholar allows you to refine with Boolean terms, or within a certain time range. This is great for when you are looking for particularly newer research. Their search results also show how many times a particular study has been referenced, and include links to other articles which cite the original study. This is a great place to discover studies on related topics.
JSTOR is an academic library, which hosts books, journals, and other scholarly material. Their search system is more similar to a database search. You can use quotations to search for exact phrases, which will help return more exact results.
For philosophy, and many psychology theories and figures, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an amazing source of scholarly essays on nearly every topic imaginable. They have biographies, thorough examinations of theories and implications of philosophical ideas, and helpful summaries of every major school of philosophy and philosopher.
Other resources to look at are the websites of the Library of Congress and National Archives. Many philosophers, authors, and historical figures have inspired dedicated websites, or even societies, which can also be rich sources of information.
Online courses and podcasts are also great options for learning and finding interesting ideas; they are just more likely take more time. If you want to take a deep dive into a particular topic or find more sources, you could look into a course. I donât usually use these sources, though, unless I have weeks to devote to the topic.
A more recent discovery for me is lectures on YouTube. The platform has information on just about any topic you could imagine; there are lectures from JRR Tolkien on his Middle Earth epics; obscure history videos sharing lesser known details about historical events; you can hear lectures given by modern thinkers. There are also videos on art history, famous speeches, and any hobby you can think of. Rather than being a platform where we waste time, YouTube can actually be a great source of learning material and research. Recently, Iâve listened to several lectures and debates from Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian philosopher and professor in the 1960s and 70s. His work dealt with the impact of information and media on society and many of his lectures and interviews on YouTube, arenât available in text or other mediums.
When you look for a video, youâll want to be specific in your search terms, and look for videos from universities, legitimate organizations, or the estate of authorâs (as in the case of Tolkien or McLuhan, for example). Youâll probably also want find a video around twenty minutes; long enough to cover an overview, but not so short you donât gain any context or information. A great video will also list sources or further study suggestions in the video description for you to continue your research.
The internet is also unparalleled in discovering books, particularly those which are obscure or older. Books are amazing for research because of the amount of concentrated information they contain. The underrated index and reference sections are gold-mines for finding more books on your topic of interest. Read the index and reference sections of books you enjoyed, or on topics you want to explore more. Go through the bibliography and write down the titles of a couple books to look up and read.
A habit I am working to develop is looking through the reference section of books as I finish them, and choosing at least one title to read next. Every book is written from an amalgamation of the authorâs references and experiences, often in the form of dozens of books. While each and every title of inspiration may not be listed, the author will take great care to acknowledge the sources of the material which directly made it into the book. Every piece of writing is the result of cutting out and removing other ideas, references, and information – some of which will interest you. By continuing your reading in related books, you are building a more complete understanding of the topic at hand and how it fits into the larger context of society.
So far as choosing books, I first tend to look at how many times a title is referenced. After getting titles from the bibliography of a book, Iâll usually do an internet search on the topic, then go to Wikipedia to see the references and further reading recommendations.
If the same authorâs name keeps popping up, that should indicate to you that their text is widely read and accepted. If Wikipedia lists a title, and that same title has been referenced in a book Iâve read, I usually go to Amazon to look it up. On Amazon, I first look for reported issues concerning the quality of certain editions. Iâll also look to see whether the work has mixed reviews. Iâm not looking for high reviews so much as discussion or differing opinions. I tend to gravitate toward ideas with are older and maybe discussed a bit less, in order to widen my perspective on a topic. Reading through the reviews can usually give you an idea of whether their ideas are popular today or not.
There are of course many out of print books and primary sources which exist only in analog form. The internet, particularly Google Scholar, can help to narrow down the topics and ideas presented in these older books.
Round ups of books on specific topics can also be very helpful. Take a general topic, such as âmedia historyâ and do an internet search for the best books on media history. From there you can refine, perhaps you want to look closer at yellow journalism and muckraking in the early 20th century. Perhpas you are more interested in the digital revolutionâs effects on journalism. Start out general, then use authors names and more specific topics to whittle down the results until you are left with a manageable number of sources.
The internet is the greatest resource mankindâs knowledge has produced. With a simple internet search, you have access to the wisdom of history – from Platoâs cave allegory, detailed and put into striking video – to NASAâs documentation of 1969âs mission to the moon and everything in between. There is no single resource as detailed, and capable of high quality as the internet. However, mixed in with these extraordinary creations and accounts of genius, there are a lot of duds; a lot of mediocre information exists.
No matter how specific your topic is, there are thousands of resources available. The internet is simply too large to function well under general terms. In order to find high quality information, we need to get specific. The internet rewards specific interests.
While all of these resources are great starting places, they are only that – a place to start. Developing a deep understanding of a subject requires effort and quality material. Note the ideas and titles in your commonplace book, along with your takeaways. When you come across a name or new term, do an internet search and go to the Wikipedia page. Read the summary at the top, and jump to what stands out or lines up with your original reason for the search. Allow your curiosity to lead you to surprising places, and always verify that your sources are reliable. Keep in mind the purpose of your research, whether for deeper personal understanding, an academic presentation, or to familiarize yourself with new ideas. Take your responsibility toward your education seriously, and keep asking questions.
The following suggestions are adapted from the UMUC's Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project.
University of Maryland University College Library. "Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project: Tutorial for Developing and Evaluating Assignments." UMUC Library . 2015. Web. 31 March 2015.
There are many different types of assignments that can help your students develop their information literacy and research skills.
The assignments listed below target different skills, and some may be more suitable for certain courses than others.
(Special thanks to Columbia College, Vancouver for granting permission to use their chart on Designing Research Assignments Libguide).
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| Break down the research process for a term paper: Students submit a clearly defined topic, thesis statement, a proposed outline, and an annotated bibliography. |
| Students properly cite sources (specify how many and what types of sources are permitted) they plan to use for a paper, and provide descriptive or evaluative annotations. Students will research a specific topic and collect sources to create an annotated bibliography for the subject. Specify whether all sources need to be peer-reviewed or if popular sources are acceptable. The student will then cited and annotate their choices including how the content was obtained, why the content is appropriate, and be able to support their choices. (Smith College Libraries)
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| Choose a person relevant to the course. Students use a variety of source types (biographical dictionaries, magazines, newspapers, scholarly sources, books) and deliver a presentation or write a biography of the person.
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| Student gather credible evidence to support either side of an argument. Hold an in-class debate assigning pro and con research to the class. Students should prepare for the debate by gathering, reading, understanding and referencing sources to support their side of the issue. (UMUC Library)
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| Students are given an article and are asked to find sources that support or refute the article. |
| Investigate the "state of the art" on a particular topic by doing a literature review and summary of the most important research. (DuBois)
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| Find 2 literature reviews on a topic. Explain the purpose of literature reviews. Students analyze the two literature reviews, comparing their similarities and differences. |
| Students are given a literature review on a topic that is a few years old. Ask students to find sources published since the literature review was published and to update the literature review with new sources. |
| Determine the impact on the field of specific articles or books from the course readings. How many people have cited the work? Get the articles. Write a review of these articles explaining how the citing scholar used the original work. (DuBois) |
| Students keep a record of library research completed, including sources used, the searches and keywords tried, databases used, and reflect on challenges and successes through the research process.
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| Students work in small groups and examine a few sources on the same topic, and have students work together to come up with indicators of quality. Students consider how their sources demonstrate quality, when certain indicators matter and when they might not, and report their findings to the class. |
| Divide students into groups and assign a topic to each group. The students will identify at least three kinds of resources useful for research on the topic (books, newspaper articles, popular magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, popular (or scholarly) web pages, government documents, etc.) The groups will research and provide one example of each format they have identified. (Smith College Libraries)
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| Students start with an issue, debate, fact or definition discussed in the course textbook. They use citation chaining to find the first instance where an issue was first discussed. Students then trace the research forward to see how the research conversation developed over time until consensus was built among scholars. |
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| Students identify the assumptions, thesis and research methods in a single paper.
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| Students compare 2 scholarly journal articles with different points of view on the same topic.
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| Students compare coverage of a controversial issue in several different types of sources (newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books, professional association website). Students determine what perspectives are present or absent, and assess sources for bias. |
| Option 1: Students are given one source with references and are asked to analyze how each source is used to support the author's argument. Option 2: Find a scholarly article on a chosen topic. Students will examine the references, locate a selection of the cited sources, and analyze how the scholars used their sources in the original work.
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| Option 1: Students compare 2 reviews of a major academic book from the time it was published to understand how new ideas may be supported or criticized within the scholarly community. Have students find modern articles that cite the reviewed source to see how current authors are building on the ideas of others. Option 2: Student compare 2 films/TV shows/streaming show and demonstrate how the media illustrates a particular theme (e.g. social issue). Students find sources both scholarly and popular to provide a context.
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| Students present their papers for 60-90 seconds using 1 slide to highlight their key ideas and findings |
| Students present their research in a poster. Have a poster walk, and have students fill out peer-evaluation forms.
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| Edit or create a Wikipedia entry on a topic related to the course. Review the history of the entry and who has already made edits. Or, create a course wiki, and have students create entries individually or in groups.
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| Students trace an important paper through citations. Students consider why authors may be cited, the importance of a scholar to be cited, and what it means to be cited. This assignment introduces students to how ideas disseminate and are refined through the scholarly conversation.
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| Students imagine they are creating a course pack and compile readings using specific criteria (scholarly, current, significance to the discipline). For each reading, they cite the article and provide an annotation explaining why they chose the particular reading and how it pertains to the course.
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| Select a topic, and provide students with literature that discuss the topic from 2 different time periods. Have students discuss how the treatment of the topic has changed over time.
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| Internet vs Databases: Search a selected topic using both the Internet and databases. Compare the differences in search strategy and results. Select sources from both the Internet and the databases and compare the depth, language, and other features of the sources as well as the usefulness for the topic.
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| Have students read a magazine or news article that discusses the findings of a peer-reviewed research articles. Have students compare the magazine's summary to the findings in the research article, and compare the sources for content, intended audience, format, etc.
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| Choose a scholar and explore biography, publications, conference presentations and other contributions to a field |
This chart is modified from Columbia College, Vancouver's Designing Research Assignments Libguide.
Other sources consulted:
Columbia College. “Designing Research Assignments.” Columbia College. 7 Jan. 2020, https://columbiacollege-ca.libguides.com/designing_assignments/assignment_ideas . Accessed 9 March 2021.
DuBois, Lori. "Creating Information Literacy Assignments." Williams College Libraries . 8 Aug. 2018, https://libguides.williams.edu/info-lit-assignments . Accessed 9 March 2021.
Smith College Libraries. "Information Literacy: Assignment Ideas." Smith College Libraries . Smith College. 2013. Web. 1 April 2015.
University of Maryland University College Library. "Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project: Tutorial for Developing and Evaluating Assignments." UMUC Library . 2015. Web. 31 March 2015.
Kinds of Resources: Divide students into groups and assign a topic to each group. The students will identify at least three kinds of resources useful for research on the topic (books, newspaper articles, popular magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, popular (or scholarly) web pages, government documents, etc.) The groups will research and provide one example of each format they have identified. (Smith College Libraries)
Internet vs Databases: Search a selected topic using both the Internet and databases. Compare the differences in search strategy and results. Select sources from both the Interent and the databases and compare the depth, language, and other features of the sources as well as the usefullness for the topic.
Using References: Find a scholarly article on a chosen topic. Students will examine the references, locate a selection of the cited sources, and analyze how the scholars used their sources in the orginal work.
Conduct a Review of the Literature: Investigate the "state of the art" on a particular topic by doing a literature review and summary of the most important research. (DuBois)
Impact Evaluation: Determine the impact on the field of specific articles or books from the course readings. How many people have cited the work? Get the articles. Write a review of these articles explaining how the citing scholar used the original work. (DuBois)
Debate: Hold an in-class debate assigning pro and con research to the class. Students should prepare for the debate by gathering, reading, understanding and referencing sources to support their side of the issue. (UMUC Library)
Annotated Bibliography: Students will research a specific topic and collect sources to create an annotated bibliography for the subject. Specify whether all sources need to be peer-reviewed or if popular sources are acceptable. The student will then cited and annotate their choices including how the content was obtained, why the content is appropriate, and be able to support their choices. (Smith College Libraries)
DuBois, Lori. "Creating Information Literacy Assignments." Williams College Libraries . 27 June 2013. Web. 31 March 2015.
Smith College Libraries. "Information Literacy: Assignment Ideas." Smith College Libraries . Smith College. 2013. Web. 1 April 2015.
University of Maryland University College Library. "Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project: Tutorial for Developing and Evaluating Assignments." UMUC Library . 2015. Web. 31 March 2015.
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When you are teaching students online it can sometimes be difficult to find engaging assignments for Students. This article will look at some ways you can make your assignments more interactive and engaging to provide better quality training.
There are some great ideas to spice up your online training as individuals or groups but now letâs dig in deeper and review how these can be assignments for online students.
Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. Make sure you choose one that fits your requirements. Before making a decision try the demo version of each software to give you a better understanding of whether it meets your needs. Zoom allows for 40 mins meetings for free which is all students would need to record their session in most cases.
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During forum discussions, students get to create and enhance their social relationships with other students. This decreases the feeling of isolation when they have friends in the class they can ask questions of for social learning.
Businesses of all types are putting on marketing and technical webinars of every subject you can think of. You can not visit a website these days without someone offering one to you. These are great places for students to get exposure to the real industry and interact with potential future industry peers.
They can chat with other participants and ask questions of the industry experts in each area. For their assignment, you can get them to write a report or record the session using screencasting software showing their engagement. These are a great learning tool for students to gain exposure to their future industry.
A whiteboard brainstorming session is a great opportunity for your students. It gives them the chance to combine their ideas and be more creative.
As well as online whiteboards there are also online software tools specifically for brainstorming like StormBoard which can be found on their website .
There is a great online tool students can use for free and save their work online for 6 months with MudMap .
For some other great tools they can use check out this article:
While most people probably already know this one it is still worth mentioning. The ability of a group of students to edit the same document at the same time and talk with others on group audio chat or text chat is extremely engaging. If you have not tried this yet get someone to do it with you by downloading Google Docs or using it in a web browser from your https://drive.google.com account.
Sourceforge is the best option if you want to develop an open-source project that involves an application targeting the end-user. On the other hand, you should use GitHub if you are planning on creating a project that comprises a collection of packages.
They can record a quick session on their phone or and they can show their creativity by editing the audio if they want or getting in guest speakers or even just discussing it with another student from the class. This is a great way for students to show competence especially for those with poor written skills.
While Google is currently the number one search tool on the internet the next generation is using YouTube as their first search tool. So if this is the case why not give them an assignment that is creating a Youtube channel and uploading some content. Whether they do this in groups or alone they will learn many skills along the way that they will probably use in their working career.
Quora and Reddit are two of the most commonly used forums worldwide. You can find a lot of interesting content by searching for a certain subject.
LinkedIn is the working professional social media with their resumes linked to their accounts. Setting assignments to create a profile, or if they have a profile to connect to industry professionals, join industry groups, or even join company groups is a great opportunity for them.
More and more websites appear online every day. You can ask your students to create a website that explains the concepts you are teaching them. Say you are teaching physics. Your students can create a free website that shows how physics is related to everyday life.
This is not difficult for them to do with a free WordPress website they can literally have up in minutes.
To recreate a real situation you can make use of simulation software. There are various domains that can benefit from simulation software solutions. This type of assignment allows students to test out their hypotheses in a semi real-world scenario.
For example, to recreate possible situations in terms of statistics, you can ask your students to use MatLab .
If you are planning on simulating fluid dynamics, you should use SimScale in the Cloud. In the Cloud just means it is hosted for your online.
It can conduct graphical and numerical simulations of fluid dynamics. It is generally used for quick optimization of different systems, as well as overall improvements.
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This software is easy to integrate into your studentsâ assignments. It will help them to understand different components of physics. For example, they will be able to learn about movement and kinetic energy using graphic simulations.
I have personally interviewed students in Mock Interview sessions and hired many people over the years and one of the biggest issues they have is not knowing the industry they are part of or the company they are applying to.
They can look at the current news and events related to that company and who it is run by as well as the products and services they might offer or the artwork they have.
Looking at the latest industry trends which most people call Mega Trends if they are international in nature will add the scope to their research. Technology is a huge part of most industries these days and whether it is a new type of paint or a new type of building material every industry has them. These technologies are not just related to the Information Technology sectors.
For students this type of assignment is a research online one or if you want to make it more engaging see if they can contact someone from the business or organization that will do an online interview with them discussing this topic.
Social media is a part of our everyday life so we should integrate it into the online learning process. You can use social media platforms in various ways to create interactive assignments for your online classes.
These types of assignments will encourage them to engage with their industry peers and learn from them. Whether it is on LinkedIn, Quora, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook they will have a community of people to bounce ideas off. They can then print to PDF the resultant conversations to use in their assignments.
Social media is a great way of developing communication skills. Using social platforms, your students can observe patterns that appear and understand what is trending. For instance, they can predict future trends by taking a closer look at the articles posted on social media. The trends depend on a lot of factors such as peopleâs interest, overall feedback on a certain subject, and the number of posts on a topic.
Mobile apps are a great idea when it comes to online teaching. Mobile devices have become an effective learning tool with extended uses in both online courses and real-world learning. You can use the applications as part of your delivery content, to do assignments in or for students to research the tools related to the course you are teaching.
For example, if you are teaching physical fitness online then you can use a mobile app that tracks your studentsâ workout habits. These types of apps also let you analyze the results.
Obtaining a vendor certification is a tricky yet useful activity for any student in lots of different areas like IT, Project Management, Industrial Automation, Continuous Improvement, Reporting, and many other fields.
The course material can align with the Vendor Certification and can either have assignments based on that material with exams to suit. Alternately you can have them passing their Vendor Certification as the pass for the subject. There are heaps of universities that already do this method.
The easiest way to see most of these certifications is to look at the testing centers:
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To prove they know a subject they can always take a video on their phone to explain how to do the task in the real world. There are heaps of stands for your mobile phones from ones for the bench to ones on stands. You could also use a GoPro or equivalent.
If they are going to record what they are doing on their computer screen then check out this article:
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Even though Vocational Training has been doing this for years you could always organize with a local professional some work experience. During that work experience, they could submit their own assignment like baking a complex cake or welding something or even making a small software application.
If you are doing this in conjunction with a small business it could solve a problem that small business or non-profit has and they provide feedback on the result as well as you marking it.
There are various freelancing websites worldwide and your students can try to develop their skills by doing a job on one of them.
Ask your students to create an account on any of these websites and do a job to improve their skills. Apart from using the skills you have taught them they will also make some pocket money. This activity might open up new career paths for them or at least expose them to how the contracting industry works.
Whether the job they get paid to do succeeds or fails they will get invaluable knowledge on how to deal with customers. How to perform that particular task and also what the quality and expectations are for work in that industry.
Competitions are always interesting regardless of your studentsâ age. They will definitely be interested in participating in online contests. If you are trying to get a bit of competition going there is nothing like industry professionals judging student competitions. If you canât find one online how about making one?
There are heaps of student competition websites and here are a couple: https://studentcompetitions.com/competitions https://www.weareteachers.com/student-contests-competitions/
Obviously, if your students are under the legal age you would work with a parent or with yourself to contact the industry professional. But it is never too early to start creating an industry network of people you can have as mentors or to ask for advice or to help you with a project.
Due to this being so simple now you really have no excuse to not include it in every course your teach.
Submitting a review or article on even recording an industry event in their field of study is great for students to expose themselves to the breadth of the industry. Whether they go with their parents or if old enough on their own. Looking at events that are on at your local convention center or with your local industry groups and introducing themselves get them to engage on a whole new level.
It starts to teach them real-world skills that are taught by professionals in their industry and keep up to date with what is happening in their local area and country. Seeing all the vendors during breaks and visiting their stands opens up whole new worlds for them.
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Every day in every town in the world you there are things happening from space launches to recording a local chef cooking a meal. With a video camera in every pocket, the student can get into the world local to them and record something actually happening.
Recording themselves while completing certain tasks you have assigned is a great idea for your students. A video recording can be rewind back and forth as many times as you need. Whether you are a student or a teacher it is a great idea to have video proof of your task completion.
This works well for every type of class and thinking of how you can add more video recording to your classes will only make it more engaging for students.
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In mid-May, the Democratic and Republican front runners agreed to take part in a debate hosted by CNN, departing from the traditional debate procedure. The nominees are not participating in debates facilitated by the Commission on Presidential Debates .
CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the in-studio debate, with several networks planning to provide commentary before and after  the big production.Â
This year, there will be no live audience. So how can you watch the debate from your TV, laptop, tablet or phone?
The upcoming presidential debate will begin at 8 p.m. Central time on Thursday, June 27. This is the earliest debate in U.S. history, which typically started in September or October, according to CNN .
CNN will broadcast the debate on its cable channel. Other news channels will broadcast pre-debate commentary prior to the showing a simulcast of the CNN debate. Here are some of the broadcast networks that will air the debate live:
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Biden and Trump also agreed to a debate hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10. The Commission on Presidential Debates planned to host its first debate on Sept. 16.
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