{"id":6326,"date":"2020-07-02T17:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?page_id=6326"},"modified":"2025-06-26T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:38:10","slug":"asynchronous-learning-activities-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/asynchronous-learning-activities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asynchronous learning activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Students can participate flexibly in a place and time that suits them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You may be providing additional materials and setting activities for your students to complete. For ideas, see\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/03\/Student-activity-facilitating-asynchronous-learning-tasks.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Student activity \u2013 facilitating asynchronous online learning tasks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some key points from the guide:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Consider using a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/18\/blackboard-creating-discussion-forums\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Discussion Board<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to promote peer reflection on student activities. See\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/04\/Recipe-5-Discussion-board.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Discussion boards: Moving discussion from the classroom to asynchronous online discourse<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">for ideas about effectively implementing this type of activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keep it simple, use existing online resources and courses to provide content to students, adding links to your Blackboard module page. Good sources which the University provides are available via the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/library\/eresources\/image-sound\/lib-box-of-broadcasts.aspx\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Box of Broadcast (BoB)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/it\/inlearning\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LinkedIn Learning<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Informal\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/08\/17\/tests-and-surveys\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">online self-test quizzes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0can provide a significant checkpoint for students engaging asynchronously.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Activities for reflection:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/sample-page\/learning-activities\/journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journals<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; these are a more personal form of reflection. A student can keep a journal on things they&#8217;ve been learning or analysing topics over a longer period of time. Unlike blogs, journals are intended to be a medium for students to reflect on their own learning and can create a dialogue between the teacher and the student as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can participate flexibly in a place and time that suits them.\u00a0 You may be providing additional materials and setting activities for your students to complete. For ideas, see\u00a0Student activity \u2013 facilitating asynchronous online learning tasks Some key points from the guide: Consider using a\u00a0Discussion Board\u00a0to promote peer reflection on student activities. 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