A Simple C.R.A.P. Test for Your Online Courses

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Does your online course pass for C.R.A.P.?

In instructional design, it is important to design courses that visually pass the "sniff" test. The "sniff" test I'm referring to is the one that tests for contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity or C.R.A.P. for short. This started me thinking about the courses that I design and how they would pass the C.R.A.P. evaluation. Would they pass muster?  I have to delve a little deeper.

Technologies that Promote Social Learning in Online Courses (Part 3)

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This is the third post in a series about technologies that promote social learning. The first post covered using discussion forums and the second post covered using wikis for social learning in online courses. So to recap, social learning is comprised of three situations -

* students helping one another learn
* students inspiring and motivating each other
* students teaching each other

Research on student success in online environments, clearly shows that students who learn socially increase their chances of success. We are the facilitators and course designers of the learning space that students find themselves in. To that end, how can we create online learning environments that encourage social learning? In this third and final post, I will talk about YET ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY for online course activities that promote social learning.