Ongoing engagement

Diverse ways to structure online conversations throughout the semester

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15 solutions
This collaborative activity encourages students to discover and focus on what each person has the freedom and resources to do now.
Maha Bali, Jasmina Najjar
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9 whys
Rapidly clarify for individuals and a group what is essentially important in their work.
Michael Weinraub
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annotate
Annotating the syllabus helps learners to read, make sense of, question, and discuss their learning.
Remi Kalir
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appreciative interviews
This activity will help students prepare for working in groups by discovering and building on the roots of their successes.
Maha Bali, Autumm Caines, Mia Zamora
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Cognitive exam
Help students reflect on their exam/assessment performance in order to improve future performance in your course.
Maha Bali
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lit review
Create a discourse community whilst also sharpening close reading, research, summarising, paraphrasing, and citation skills.
Jasmina Najjar
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collaborative
Promote a sense of community and break the ice in class with collaborative storytelling activities.
Jasmina Najjar
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conversation cafe
Engage everyone in making sense of profound challenges. Use to address difficult or confusing topics.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, Autumm Caines
Create a Fake Photo Group Assignment
This fun activity helps students learn new skills while taking a small step towards building community.
Maha Bali
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critical
Engage everyone in making sense of profound challenges. Use to address difficult or confusing topics.
Autumm Caines, Maha Bali
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creative
Provides a space for regular practice of spontaneous creativity through mini challenges published every day.
Mia Zamora
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Gratitude Journal
Support students' wellbeing by suggesting a daily or periodic practice of gratitude, promote radical self-compassion.
Maha Bali, Nadine Aboulmagd, Hoda Mostafa, Azza Awwad
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Guess the Topic Mingle
This is a fun activity to introduce a new topic which will also work well as a warm-up activity.
Heather Kretschmer
I wish my students knew
This activity helps to promote positive student-teacher connections.
Amena Magdy
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Language Portrait
Reflect on language experiences with your students and share biographical information.
Francesca Helm
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pass the paper
Create an opportunity for your students to connect through writing.
Sarah Silverman
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Personalised Conversation Cards
This activity can be used in any course for getting students to talk to each other. It can also be adopted for foreign language courses to support practicing speaking and listening skills.
Scott Bowyer
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PowerPoint Karaoke
Engage students in improv presenting, and enhance oral presentation skills in a light and humorous way.
Maha Bali, Jasmina Najjar, Hoda Mostafa
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Room 101
Sharpen logical reasoning and debating skills. Create discussion.
Jasmina Najjar
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Help students share something about themselves, musical tastes, while building community as they speak about their musical choices.
Maha Bali
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Simple Meta
Some simple questions that can help students develop their metacognitive learning skills.
Maha Bali
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Start Stop
Use this activity to help students to reflect on what's working for them and how to identify actions that can be taken to make improvements.
Maha Bali
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structured
This pair or trio activity is ideal for reflection and also to practice focused listening.
Sherri Spelic
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studio visits
Bring in external speakers into your classroom via a virtual studio visit, an informal discussion with one or two external guests.
Mia Zamora
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Surrealist
Creative take on doing intros that can help students to know one another and challenges perfection paralysis.
Autumm Caines
The Shape of You
This fun icebreaker will help your students to get to know each other.
Sarah Neuwirth
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Theatre of the oppressed
To invite students to use their bodies to represent, collaboratively, an image of something that is worth discussing.
Maha Bali, Alex Fink, Tina Pippin, Sarita Shukla
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thick greetings
Try out a slower and more deliberate opportunity for everyone to introduce themselves.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, Autumm Caines, Laura Gibbs, Rebecca J. Hogue
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Third Places
Creating semi-formal, semi-synchronous spaces outside of class time for students to socialize with each other.
Maha Bali
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Tiny Tales
Encourage short, focused storytelling, easy to share with others, writing stories in 100 words (or fewer), or 6 words or 2 sentences, etc.
Laura Gibbs
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triz
TRIZ can stop counterproductive activities and behaviours to make space for innovation. Try it out!
Maha Bali
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Troika
Get students used to supporting each other without always turning to an 'expert' for solutions.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, Autumm Caines
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EU Two-minute paper
This is a great activity for capturing students’ learning, and helping the teacher to understand what students need to know more of, and what they enjoyed in class.
Maha Bali
Using dominoes in teaching
It is a rapid and easy game that can be used to teach different concepts.
Ahmed Gebaly
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What we don't know about each other
This activity can be used for ongoing engagement mid-semester helping students to get to know each other better.
Noha El-Rawy
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Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life provides a snapshot of your wellbeing and the level of satisfaction in your current circumstances.
Maha Bali

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