Communication Successes and Failures
Learners share examples of messages where the phrasing made a difference, for better or for worse.
Activity Type: Online Discussion
Learners share examples of messages where the phrasing made a difference, for better or for worse.
Activity Type: Online Discussion
Learners read several poems by John Donne and answer focus questions to further their understanding. A commentary on "Layers and Varieties of Love in Donne's Metaphysical Poetry" is also provided to help learners understand the focus questions more deeply.
Activity Type: Assigned readings, Reflective journals
Learners create a "Chaucerian" character of their own in a form of their choosing.
Activity Type: Essay assignments
Learners read and reflect on decolonizing practices for the classroom and identify strategies for future practice.
Activity Type: Assigned readings, Reflective journals
Learners view a video on perspectives of Indigenous and non-indigenous students, instructors and administrators who have experienced challenges in the classroom. The video also introduces strategies. Learners reflect on their own experiences and identify strategies.
Activity Type: Video resources, Reflective journals
This problem is designed to get learners thinking more critically about the topics and include questions that are more involved and complicated. Learners work together to find the genetic code of Oz.
Activity Type: Online Discussion
This final project guides learners through the process of conducting ecological research and spans the length of their course. There are four main tasks to complete and document as learners move through the stages: blog posts, small assignments, an annotated bibliography and a final report.
Activity Type: Real world research
Learners participate in a Citizen Science Project, such as the Solar Stormwatch Project.
Activity Type: Real world research
Learners observe the night sky and record their observations in a log book. Learners aim to record: two constellations and their brightest stars, two phases of the moon and three lunar basins or impact craters and two solar system bodies other than the moon.
Activity Type: Real world research
Learners watch a video of moon shadows on Saturn and are asked to explain why Saturn exhibits so many moons and why the moons revolve around the planet.
Activity Type: Video resources
Learners find and share resources that report the latest astronomical discoveries, explaining the phenomenom described.
Activity Type: Writing a blog post
Learners select three Astronomy Pictures of the Day and write blog posts describing their reasons for selecting the images and explaining the phenomenon.
Activity Type: Writing a blog post