QOLT 4.1 Introductions

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At the beginning of the course, instructor provides an opportunity to have students self-introduce to develop the sense of community.

Instructor may encourage students to post their pictures and share some personal information such as hobbies to build the community at the beginning.

Using VoiceThread for Interactive Ice Breakers in Online Courses

Teaching and Learning Innovations; Lecturer; Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2016-04-18)

Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock uses VoiceThread to create instant community in one of her fully online courses. This tool is accessible and can be a great alternative to the forum tool in having students engage quickly in an ...
Using the Glossary Tool in Moodle to get Creative with Ice Breakers

Dr. Armeda Reitzel (2016-04-18)

In this Moodle Choice, Doc Reitzel shares her "Where in the World" by asking students to guess what city she was born in. This becomes a model for students for their "Where in the World Icebreaker" Activity in Week 1 using ...
Thinking Outside the Box with Ice Breakers Using Animoto

Dr. Tasha Souza (2016-04-18)

In this assignment, Dr. Souza provides students an opportunity to create and share some of their personal selves with each other in the context of the course by creating a personal slideshow using a tool called Animoto. ...