How do I promote active learning in my own teaching? The course I am reflecting on is ACADPRAC 703: eLearning in University Education (a postgraduate paper). The course content is fully online hence majority of the facilitation of learning occurs online.

Teaching strategies and relevant graduate attributes
To enable students to develop (1) an “understanding and appreciation of current issues and debates in the field of elearning”, I incorporate exploratory exercises where students are prompted by a question or reference to find out more on a particular topic and feedback to the group. Since all this happens online, they are developing (2) the “capacity to locate, evaluate and use the information effectively”. By role modelling as an effective e-moderator, I encourage students to engage in discussions and develop their skills to (3) “make appropriate use of advanced information and communication technologies”. Apart from individual contributions, students are expected to collaborate on a group task to negotiate and determine the focus of their online report on ‘elearning futures’ and this hones (4) their “ability to work independently and in collaboration with others”.