Display or Pitch
Professionals are often times asked to pitch an idea or display a work. Students can practice this skill while explaining the rationale for their choices.
Why Create this Learning Experience
The classroom can be a safe environment to practice complex job requirements. Offer students an opportunity to practice soft skills such as time management, networking, creativity, and communication.
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
Assessment Type: Graded
Recommended Learning Tool: Assignment
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 to High 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:
- Advertise this activity early in the semester. Give students ample time to prepare and complete this activity. When possible, provide students with advance notice that this activity will be place.
- 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.