Decision Making

Using a pre-selected or pre-determined dilemma, students apply a decision making model.

Why Create this Learning Experience

To feel comfortable making ethical or moral decisions requires practice. This activity is appropriate for individuals, pairs, or groups. This activity type helps students further develop their soft skillsets.

To foster an interactive and engaging activity be sure to clearly articulate the expectations and establish parameters within the prompt. See the additional considerations on how to appropriately use this activity.

Prompt

Decision Making

Assessment Type: Graded

Recommended Learning Tool: Discussion Forum

Learning Domain: A robust online course will incorporate a variety of learning domains to support students’ achievement of the course outcomes. This activity is best suited for a Mid cognitive function.

If you are actively collaborating with a designer, please direct them to this resource if you are interested in utilizing this learning experience. It can be applied or adapted to your online course.

Additional Considerations

Consider the following recommendations to execute this activity effectively:

• It is recommended to start with a smaller topic for undergraduate-level courses so students can practice the technique. Graduate-level courses can employ advance topics.
• To encourage participation, ask follow-up questions. Address students’ questions early to reduce confusion with the task.
• Clearly articulate activity instructions and expectations, such as purpose, context, collaboration methods, submission format, deadlines, netiquette, model submission examples.
• Consider a rubric to provide students with directions and how their submission(s) will be evaluated.