TACTivities

The need to keep students engaged is particularly acute in virtual environments. In this chapter, the authors describe TACTivities (learning activities with tactile components), designed to help encourage student participation, collaboration, and communication. Originally developed for in-person instruction, TACTivities are readily adaptable to online learning environments. TACTivities are intended to foster a sense of play, creative problem-solving, and exploration among the students who undertake to complete these tasks, and also among the teachers who design them. Unlike other tactile learning ventures, which may involve various kinds of physical props, TACTivities entail only moveable pieces of paper, or electronic equivalents. This feature means that TACTivities are quite portable, and they are easily implemented, shared, and modified (particularly in remote settings). Further, TACTivities allow for inclusion of discipline-specific content, language, and formalism, while still cultivating physical engagement in problem-solving and critical thinking in any subject area.

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Effective Feedback Strategies that Promote Critical Thinking Skills in Online Learning Environments: An Online Assessment Learning Perspective

Expanding Global Horizons Through Technology Enhanced Language Learning - Lecture Notes in Educational Technology ◽

10.1007/978-981-15-7579-2_10 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 179-190

Author(s):

Sharon Ndolo

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Online Assessment ◽

Online Learning Environments ◽

Effective Feedback ◽

Feedback Strategies

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From Leading to Guiding, Facilitating, and Inspiring: A Needed Shift for the 21st Century

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci12010018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 18

Author(s):

C. June Maker

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Problem Solving ◽

21St Century ◽

Role Models ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Effective Leaders ◽

Creative Problem ◽

Collaboration And Communication ◽

Evidence Based Model ◽

Context Problem

In the 21st-century context, problem solving, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication are the most valued skills in the workplace. Thus, those in positions often labeled as “leadership” need to make a valuable shift: to guiding, inspiring, and facilitating rather than directing. In this article, I review research on two styles of leadership, transformational and transactional, and relate this research to discussions of the same two types of giftedness. Research on the effectiveness of leaders at engendering creative problem solving has shown the transformational style to be more effective. Leaders are guides in the process rather than the content, facilitators of the gathering and exchange of information from varied sources, and role models as they exhibit effective problem-solving behaviors themselves. As role models, they inspire others to take risks, think innovatively, and collaborate with others. Examples of methods for identifying exceptionally talented leaders and behaviors to observe are provided. In addition, an evidence-based model for igniting, cultivating, extending, and strengthening exceptional talent in leadership is described.

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Supplemental Material for An Attribution-Based Motivation Treatment for Low Control Students Who Are Bored in Online Learning Environments

Motivation Science ◽

10.1037/mot0000081.supp ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Online Learning Environments

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A motivation treatment to enhance goal engagement in online learning environments: Assisting failure-prone college students with low optimism.

Motivation Science ◽

10.1037/mot0000107 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 116-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jeremy M. Hamm ◽

Raymond P. Perry ◽

Judith G. Chipperfield ◽

Patti C. Parker ◽

Jutta Heckhausen

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Online Learning ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Online Learning Environments

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Is Internationalization Intentionally Integrated in Online Learning Environments? Exploring the Challenges and Possibilities

International Journal on Innovations in Online Education ◽

10.1615/intjinnovonlineedu.2020035172 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Omolabake Fakunle ◽

Jennifer Lock ◽

Carol Johnson

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Online Learning Environments

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Culturally-Sensitive E-Learning Practices for Library Education

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais361 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Leslie Farmer

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Culturally Sensitive ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Educational Model ◽

Cultural Impact ◽

Online Learning Environments ◽

Library Education ◽

Learning Practices ◽

E Learning

With globalization, library educators should address culturally-sensitive instruction design and curriculum, particularly in online learning environments. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Bigg’s educational model provide frameworks for addressing cultural impact on library education. Specific techniques are suggested for handling language and online learning issues.Avec la mondialisation, les professeurs de bibliothéconomie devraient incorporer les différences culturelles dans leurs cours ainsi que dans le cursus, notamment en milieu d'apprentissage en ligne. Les dimensions culturelles de Hofstede et le modèle éducatif de Bigg offrent un cadre permettant de traiter de l'impact culturel sur l'éducation. Seront présentées différentes techniques pour aborder les questions de langue et d'apprentissage en ligne.

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