Activities

Our culture of educating "en masse" continues to emphasize the lecture over the conversation. Whether in a classroom, in business presentations, or online, the lecture format still predominates. Thus technologies such as Powerpoint, Flash, and even HTML are developed primarily to deliver information - not to engage the user in an interactive dialog.

Yet, study after study shows that when learners develop their own content that learning is deeper and more persistent. The "activity" is extremely important to give learners an opportunity to practice what they have learned and to develop deeper connections between theory and practice.

Next I will explore different types of activities.