10 Creative Online Assignment Ideas That Promote Critical Thinking, Engagement & Deep Learning

Description  Challenge - Designing engaging online assignments Webinar will address the challenge of designing assignments requiring students to engage meaningfully with course content. The ease of “looking up answers” or copy/pasting information from an Internet search challenges the value of traditional in-class assignments. Simply put, assignments that work well when students are face-to-face do not always translate to the online classroom. In this environment, tests and quizzes focusing on memorizing information are ineffective. Likewise, activities that require engagement to identify the “right answer” do not work well when the answer can be found via an Internet search. In this webinar, instructors will explore creative, novel ways to get students to research, synthesize, analyze, and apply information via assignments uniquely suited for an online environment. Key Takeaway The nature of online learning challenges the value of assignments that students can quickly compl