Scoring the GED/HSED Essay
By Laurie Jarvis
In this learning activity you'll review answers to commonly asked questions about the GED/HSED essay and view the official scoring guide.
The Importance of Attire in Early Childhood Education
By Tracy Craker, Dawn Matott
Learners read about the types of clothing considered appropriate for a childcare setting. This activity is designed for students enrolled in an early childhood education program.
Brain Food
By Tracy Blahnik
In a drag-and-drop exercise, the learner considers various food items and determines if they improve brain functioning. This learning object is designed for instructional assistants.
Window 10 and Desktop Elements
By Dawn Matott
In this interactive object, learners identify the elements of the Windows platform in a drag-and-drop exercise.
Assessment: Teacher-centered or Learner-centered?
By Terri Langan
Users complete a self-inventory to determine if their approach to assessment is teacher-centered or learner-centered.
Reflections: Learning Together About Formative Assessment Tools
By Laurie Barz
Users examine ways for students to give feedback to their instructor about what they have learned and what part of the lesson is not clear.
Focused Student Evaluation Questions
The learner reads about the kinds of questions that are most effective to use on student questionnaires evaluating instruction. Generic evaluations are less helpful than evaluations focused on the specific types of instruction and learning expected in a content area. Sample questions are provided.
Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning: Where Do I Stand?
In this interactive object, instructors use an extensive inventory to assess their beliefs and uses of assessment. The inventory is based on the work of educators supported by the American Association of Higher Education Assessment Forum in 1996.
Proper Diapering Procedure
By Joan Klinkner
Learners consider the steps and supplies to use when diapering infants and toddlers. The proper diapering procedure not only meets basic care and sanitation needs but builds relationships and promotes the child’s learning. Brief quizzes complete the learning object.
Homework Strategy
By Deb Westfahl
Do you hate doing homework? Do you think it’s a waste of your time? Are you looking for a better way?
We’ve got you. In this video, you’ll explore how using the homework strategy can improve your studying techniques, make your studying strategies more effective, and reduce the amount of time wasted by trying to memorize your textbooks. We can help!
What Is a Blog?
By Dean Lodes, Becky Kinser
This learning activity describes the definition, the uses, and the terms associated with a blog.
The Study Cycle
By Elizabeth Jones
Explore The Study Cycle – an approach that research and experience shows is the best and most efficient way to study
The Coherence Principle
By Kris Wilson
Explore how the coherence principle uses concise narration and graphics to illustrate good eLearning.
Processes of Science
The purpose of this learning object is to introduce the learner to the different processes of science.
How Well Do I Listen?
By Barbara Liang
Learners reflect on their thoughts, feelings, and reactions toward such listening behaviors as interrupting, selective listening, and unresponsive listening.
Bloom's Taxonomy for Affective Learning and Teaching
This lesson focuses on the affective domain, which refers to attitudes of awareness, interest, attention, concern and responsibility. Users quiz themselves on their basic understanding of the content.
Space Relations Assessment Examples
By Marie Hechimovich
Learners mentally manipulate two-dimensional diagrams to visualize the objects in their three-dimensional forms.
The Contiguity Principle
Explore how aligning on-screen text and narration with graphics can help improve knowledge retention and learner engagement.
SQ5R
By Anthony Deininger
Instead of trying to memorize content, the SQ5R technique focuses on understanding concepts and new ideas.
The Signaling Principle
By Wisc-Online
Multimedia Principles - Signaling. Explore how using voice and visual cues can help your learners focus, organize, and process your content.
Questioning Clue: Are You an Effective Questioner?
In this interactive object, learners solve a school mystery by identifying the "suspects" in the hierarchy of questioning: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This activity was designed for teachers and instructional assistants.
Searching the Internet
By Leanne Healy
In this interactive object, learners answer questions about doing research on the Internet.
Identifying Well Written Competencies
By Karen Barr, Beth Dailey, Barbara Buckel, Kristi Thoreson
Learners distinguish between competencies that are effective and robust, and those that are ineffective and weak. The learning object is designed for faculty who are writing or revising courses. It contains audio.
Reading Comprehension Assessment Example
Learners read a passage and answer two questions based on the information found it that passage. Immediate feedback is provided.
Bloom's Taxonomy For Cognitive Learning and Teaching (Screencast)
The users of this learning object read a brief introduction to the six levels of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy and quiz themselves on a basic understanding of the levels.