Literature Review
Students conduct a formal literature review and end with submitting a closing evidence-based argument.
Why Create this Learning Experience
A literature review is an essential component to evaluate students’ achievement of the outcomes. This activity type provides an opportunity to disect students’ thought process and rationale. To excel with this technique provide students with feedback early in the process as well as afterwards.
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: Discussion Forum or 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:
- Topics to be used must be approved by the instructor so additional guidance should be provided to the faculty on how to handle the submission/approval process.
- 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.