Chapter 6: Adding Assignments, Lessons, Feedback, and Choice

Course activities enable learners to interact with the instructor, the learning system, or each other. They also allow learners to develop confidence by being rewarded with a badge or certificate when they complete the activities. Above all, course activities should connect to the learning objectives of the course and correspond to the appropriate level of knowledge in the cognitive domain, as indicated in Bloom's Taxonomy, which we reviewed in Chapter 4, Managing Resources, Activities, and Conditional Access. Your instructional strategy will be very effective if you ensure that every step of your course planning integrates the learning objectives with the appropriate level of content and activities, as well as that each step has measurable outcomes. Your institution may have to undergo periodic reviews of its curriculum, instructional strategy, instructional delivery system (learning management system), materials, and...