6.21. IN CONCLUSION ...
6.21.1. Summary
Learning activities can teach, test, and exercise knowledge and skills. They give participants an opportunity to learn by doing.
Some types of learning activities are well established. These include Webcasts, drill-and-practice sessions, case studies, role-playing scenarios, and Learning games.
Effective activities use the Internet effectively, provide clear instructions, and require deep thinking and reflection.
6.21.2. For more ...
If you cannot find the kind of activity you need in this chapter, see:
Ruth Clark's classic Developing Technical Training [99], which is chock full of techniques that you can easily translate to WBT activities.
Chapter 20 of Web-Based Instruction [100].
For more ideas for activities, see Chapter 7 on tests and Chapter 13 on alternatives to traditional courses. Tests can be used as activities. Many of the alternatives to courses can be scaled down and reworked as activities.
Many of the examples shown in this book are on exhibit at:
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