Finding the Balance: Creating Meaningful Assignments without Overwhelming Instructional Workload
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
December 2018
Abstract
Online instructors are tasked with creating meaningful learning assignments, but they may struggle with balancing their teaching workloads. This article includes five strategies for creating assignments and activities that promote learning without overwhelming instructional workload, including anticipating student questions when writing assignments, creating reusable formative assessments, scaffolding assignments, creating choices for summative assessments, and encouraging student collaboration. These strategies draw from a constructivist learning paradigm while employing the concepts of interactivity, scaffolding, and collaboration.
Recommended Citation
Stevens, Jennifer, "Finding the Balance: Creating Meaningful Assignments without Overwhelming Instructional Workload" (2018). Faculty Research and Creative Activity. 44.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/sociology_fac/44
https://works.bepress.com/jennifer-stevens/6/
