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Chapter 2

Absorb-type activities

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Reminder

• In your project you are asked to design a variety (Absorb, Do, and Connect) activities.

• This chapter show you examples of Absorb activities.

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Your Experience?

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Types of Absorb Activities

1. Presentations2. Readings3. Stories by a teacher4. Field trips

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When to use absorb activity?

• Learners need an introduction• To extent current knowledge and

skills (new versions, new software)

• To prepare for Do and Connect activities

• Best for highly motivated learners

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Types of presentations

• Slide shows• Physical demonstrations (repairing, kicking,

performing)

• Software demonstration• Informational films (instructional

video)• Dramas• Discussion Presentations?

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Types of software demonstration

• Scenario demonstration (make a multiple choice question with Zebrazapps)

• User-interface tours (explain the icons and windows)

• Feature demonstration (what could be done with each button)

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Where to use informational video

• Cause and effect relationships• Chronological sequence• Chain of actions or discoveries

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Dramas

• Learners watch a fictional scene among people, to illustrate a situation (e.g., Troubleshooting a computer lab, good interview, classroom management,…etc.)

• A drama is the fictional counterpart of informational video

• It could be live, still images, voice, or video

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Discussion Presentation

• When a speech is too boring you may use discussion/debate presentation

• Helps elicit valuable information and opinions from experts

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Types of discussion presentations

• News interviews• Talk-show interviews• Debates• Panel discussion• Mock trials

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Readings

• Sometimes the best e-learning is a good book.. or a good e-book

Reading may be a more active learning experience than some learning games especially as learner skims, peruses, reads, imagines, compares, re-reads, jots notes, makes bookmarks, and reflects.

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A Big Misconception

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXQo7nURs0

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When to use reading activities

• Learners need deeper knowledge • You don’t have time to develop more

interactive materials• Well-written documents are readily

available• Learners are skillful readers• Learners are motivated enough to

read on their own

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Types of readings

Individual documents Libraries of documents to select from (link to docs) Predefined searches to find internet resources

Don’t forget to include standard references such as “Bible, constitution, classic books…etc.”

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Internet Resources

• Link to Internet resources• Provide specific search terms• Sources of useful documents– scholar.google.com – http://academic.research.microsoft.com – http://books.google.com– www.gutenberg.org– books24x7.com

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Stories by a teacher

• Stories by a teacher is an Absorb activity but stories by students are Connect activity.

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Types of stories

• Hero stories• Love stories• Disaster stories• Tragedies• Discovery stories

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Field trips

• Students may tour an online presentation of a farm, an exhibit, a museum, a monument, or a historical town.

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When to use it?

• Use it when you don’t have time or budget to do a real field trip

• Show how concepts taught in the course are applied (or misapplied) in real world

• Provide access to concrete examples• Reveal examples in context (food chain)• Orient learners in a new environment• Encourage discovery of patterns

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Types of field trips

• Guided tours

• Museums

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Virtual museums

Other names:web-based museums, e-museums, virtual galleries, online museums, and online galleries.

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Best practices for field trips

• Require learning (not just fun)• Include variety of media• Tell what is important (why take

chances?)• Annotate exhibits thoroughly (15

details)• Let learners inspect items in detail• Help them to download what they

want