Writing the GED Essay - Using Transitional Words
By Laurie Jarvis
In this learning activity you'll discover transitional words to help you write an effective GED/HSED essay.
Window and Desktop Elements
By Dawn Matott
In this interactive object, learners identify the elements of the Windows platform in a drag-and-drop exercise.
Window 10 and Desktop Elements
What's for Supper?
By Tracy Craker
The learner sorts a variety of foods based on personal preferences. Those personal choices are then classified by food group. The learner views the charts and reads information about the major food groups.
What Is a Wiki?
By Dean Lodes
Learners read about the strengths and weaknesses of this Web communication tool.
What is a Learning Object?
This is a learning object describing what a learning object actually is. This will take us through the definition of a learning object and break down each segment to help clarify the mystery of this wonderful online tool for teaching and learning.
What Is a Blog?
By Dean Lodes, Becky Kinser
This learning activity describes the definition, the uses, and the terms associated with a blog.
Vocabulary Assessment Examples
By Marie Hechimovich
Learners choose the meaning of a selected word in a sentence.
Time Management for Online Success
By Kaye Krueger
Learners listen to other students express their concerns about taking an online course. Strategies for how to be successful in school are discussed.
The Use of Expectations to Motivate Students
By Therese Nemec
Many teachers underestimate the power of their expectations to motivate students and affect their outcomes. But research has consistently shown just how much influence those expectations actually do have – resulting in positive and/or negative outcomes for students. View this learning object to learn more about the expectancy theory of motivation, also commonly referred to as the Pygmalion effect.
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 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.
The Multimedia Principle
Explore how using words and pictures in eLearning produces better results than just using words alone.
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.
The Importance of Attire
Learners read about the types of clothing considered appropriate for a school setting. This activity is designed for students enrolled in an instructional assistant program.
The Good, the Bad, and What Is a Competency?
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.
The Contiguity Principle
By Kris Wilson
Explore how aligning on-screen text and narration with graphics can help improve knowledge retention and learner engagement.
The Coherence Principle
Explore how the coherence principle uses concise narration and graphics to illustrate good eLearning.
The Adjunct Instructor Game
By Jeffrey McDonald, Ann Hope
In this activity, faculty members answer questions about topics and information they learned during their online orientation. This game was designed for Wisconsin’s Northcentral Technical College. It can be customized for other colleges and organizations.
Technology in the ITV Classroom
By Terri Langan
Instructors who will be teaching in an Interactive Television classroom can use this activity to familiarize themselves with the various equipment options available in these rooms. A matching activity is used as a self-assessment.
Teamwork in a School Setting
By Suzanne Koprowski
In this interactive object, learners identify the different roles generally assumed by teachers and instructional assistants as they form a partnership in the classroom.
Students and the Online Learning Environment
Users of this learning object evaluate the early online experiences of four hypothetical students and record the lessons that can be learned about what to do and what not to do to create effective online learning environments.
SQ5R
By Anthony Deininger
Instead of trying to memorize content, the SQ5R technique focuses on understanding concepts and new ideas.
Space Relations Assessment Examples
Learners mentally manipulate two-dimensional diagrams to visualize the objects in their three-dimensional forms.