Absorb, Do, Connect

 

 

 

 

“The Absorb-Do-Connect model of learning first proposed by W, Horton has become increasingly popular, giving teachers and learners alike deeper insights into the mechanics of learning. These three types of activities make it very easy to come up with an effective eLearning.” (Karla Gutierrez)

 

1- This is a group activity. Each group works together and submits as a group. You may use Google Docs to work together.

2- For this assignment you Imagine you want to teach this course next semester.

3- Use the following table to DECIDE which of the following learning activities are applicable to this course and which ones are not quite applicable.

4- For the applicable ones, you briefly describe what will you do or what you will have your students to do. You may use the activities that I have designed for this course or come up with new ideas.

5- For the inapplicable ones you need to explain why it is not applicable to this course. 

 

The group with best suggestions will earn 5 extra credits.

 

 

 

Sample Learning Activities

 

Absorb

Do

Connect

Read, Watch, Listen

Exercise, experiment, and discover

Link to prior knowledge, and application in workplace and life.

Presentations

 

·         Slide shows

·         Physical demonstrations

·         Demonstrations Recorded

·         Software demonstration

·         Instructional video

·         Dramas

·         Guest Speakers

·         Movies

·         Discussion Presentations

Practice activities

 

 

·     Drill and practice –

·     Hands-on Activities (follow steps)

·     Guided analysis activities

o   Compare and contrast

o   Classify items

o   Outline items

o   Concept maps)

o   Re-create famous examples

 

Ponder activities

 

·         Rhetorical questions

·         Meditations

·         Cite-examples

·         Evaluation activities

·         Summary activities

Readings

 

·        Books

·        Online journals

·        Technical manuals

·        Links to Internet

·        Blogs

·        Manuals

·        Diaries

·        Newspapers

·        Documents

 

 

Discovery activities

 

 

·         Virtual laboratories

·         Trial and Aha

·         Case studies (Also known as student

·         projects or student research)

o   Instructor-led case studies

o   Virtual field trips

o   Observe-and-comment activities

o   Mini-case studies

o   Reaction (reflection) papers

 

·         Group Work

·         Compare and Contrast

·         Classify items

·         Outline items

·         Scientific experiments Create or

·         Practice Music compositions

·         Trial and error activities

Questioning activities

 

let students ask GOOD questions

 

 

 

Stories by learners

 

·         Picture Stories

·         Written stories

·         Oral Stories

 

 

Job aids

 

Checklists

Study guide

Crib sheet

Cheat sheet

Glossaries

Calculators)

 

 

 

Research activities

 

·      Scavenger hunts

·      Guided research

 

 

Original work

 

·         Decision activities

·         Work-document activities

·         Journal activities

·         Projects

·         Exams

 

Stories by a teacher

 

·         Hero stories

·         Love stories

·         Disaster stories

·         Tragedies

·         Discovery stories

 

 

Games and simulations

 

 

 

 

Field trips

 

·         Guided tours

·         Museums

·         Travel journal