Animated GIFs can be more than reactions or clips from movies or TV show- what about using it to put together something in your teaching that shows a process, a natural activity– something that would help to see repeatedly for students to understand. For some examples from science, art, math, and more see Grooving With… Read more »
Experimenter Activities
Experimenting with new approaches, pedagogies, and technologies to support learning.
Do it Daily






Difficulty: 2 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 756 views • 9 responses
The Daily Extends are posted every day (hence the name) during Extend cohorts. We’re including the original here in the Activity Bank as part of the Experimenter module activity. Here’s Daily Extend #1: We have chosen the verb extend as a metaphor for this project. What does it mean to you? Sure, you can look up definitions, but… Read more »
Make a New Daily Extend






Difficulty: 3 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 680 views • 2 responses
The Daily Extend is a set of activities to practice your media and networking skills while you explore new technologies or approaches to designing learning activities. You are not only invited to try the Daily Extends and to share your experiences, curations and creations. You are also invited to create new dailies, which is the… Read more »
Lab Report






Difficulty: 5 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 884 views • 9 responses
This is the culminating activity for the Experimenter module. Which activities did you choose? Write a reflection on your blog to share your experience. What did you use to experiment? Why did you choose to do whatever you did? How will you use the new ideas, formats or approaches that you experimented with when you… Read more »
The Web is a Silly Place






Difficulty: 4 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 591 views • 0 responses
Explore these Silly Useful Web Tricks and use one of them to create an activity for a course or presentation. Activity Source image credit: “Silly Window” flickr photo by salisasaki https://flickr.com/photos/salisasaki/184839167 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
Just Like Them






Difficulty: 3 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 575 views • 1 responses
The Agora Project Challenge Bank is one of our inspirations. Peruse the bank and complete one of the challenges. Activity Source image source: “Pencil Case Series – Haden” flickr photo by iconicsummer https://flickr.com/photos/kthai/5407722258 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
Open To Review






Difficulty: 4 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 612 views • 0 responses
Find an open textbook in your discipline area and write a review. Activity Source image credit: “OPEN.” flickr photo by MIKI Yoshihito. (#mikiyoshihito) https://flickr.com/photos/mujitra/5380894608 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Graphic Information






Difficulty: 4 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 697 views • 0 responses
Create an Infographic to present data or explain a concept. Try Piktochart or Canva. Activity Source Image created in Canva by Terry Greene
Breaking Waves






Difficulty: 4 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 593 views • 0 responses
Remix and critically appraise a YouTube video using a free educator account for Mediabreaker. Learn more about it here. Activity Source image credit: “runway 27 IMG_3222” flickr photo by Ronnierob https://flickr.com/photos/16633132@N04/11585675483 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
Mini-lesson






Difficulty: 3 (rated by author; 1=easy <--> 5=difficult)
Created by Anonymous • 546 views • 0 responses
Curate a mini-lesson on a topic of interest using open education resources and via Google + Collections, Scoopit or Storify. Activity Source image credit: “Mini” flickr photo by nakhon100 https://flickr.com/photos/8058098@N07/8041178442 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license