Asynchronous online learning activities are the ones that students can do in their own time and at their own pace. These activities are an important part of any type of course with an online component. There are several things to consider when choosing the right online tools to use for teaching and learning. In fact, frameworks have been developed to help educators make these choices. SECTIONS, SAMR and TPACK are three commonly used ones. We also need to be sure that our tool choices do not pose any risk to the privacy of our students. This can be a lot to think about, so we have created this asynchronous tool chooser to guide you to tools that are available, supported and FIPPA compliant.
We have organized this content using the asynchronous learning activities we are most often asked about. If there is something you would like to see added, please email us at learnsupport@viu.ca.
If you are teaching a fully asynchronous course, we recommend reading our Strategies for Asynchronous Online Learning blog post.
Click in the learning activity you are interested in to see some recommended tools.
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