This session introduces key ideas and practices for making online learning both more active and more effective: engaging student attention, having students “do something” as they learn, using the flipped classroom model, adapting active-learning strategies, and/or offering more authentic learning experiences. 

Participants will discover a variety of easy-to-use engagement triggers for lecture segments as well as specific activities for students in their online classes to make learning more interactive. They will briefly consider the “flipped classroom” model and be invited to explore the Online Instructional Activities Index to see how a range of learning strategies can be used in online teaching to craft authentic learning experiences and assessments. 

Note: Most of these resources are equally useful for teaching in the on-campus classroom.