The focus of this course was on alignment of the course objectives, activities and assessment methods. The details of each can be found by clicking on the links below.
Absorb activities are the foundation of learning, where the learner is engaged in reading, watching, or listening. Presentations, videos, audio, visual aids fall into this type of activity.
Do activities give the learner an opportunity to practice or discover new facets to the learning, or to reaffirm previously learned materials. As adults, we often learn by doing. Alignment of do activities with the objectives, absorb and connect activities provides the learner with a means to reinforce the learning beyond passive learning. They've read, viewed, or heard the material, now it's their opportunity to practice through various media including puzzles, simulations, A do activity requires action on the part of the learner.
Connect activities are the highest level of activity, and the most engaging. In this type of activity, the learner builds, evaluates or critically questions the information to create a bridge between the absorb activity to application of the learning within the context of their current situation or work environment.
Aligned assessments are included to ascertain if the outcomes matches the intended goal of the instructional event.