VLE Ideas (Alan/Heba) by Alan Lockett https://padlet.com/alan_r_lockett1/vle_ideas Made with haste en-us 2016-10-20 11:18:08 UTC 2025-09-25 00:33:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png Ideas for VLE alan_r_lockett1 https://padlet.com/alan_r_lockett1/vle_ideas/wish/132494558 Use the forum facility as a resource for students to ‘rehearse’ discussion of a topic in preparation for an actual seminar skills session in class; Ss thus have already engaged with some of the arguments and lexis required.

With Turnitin embedded  in the VLE, Ss can submit academic writing task drafts and tutors can correct/feed back on the student drafts; Ss redraft, responding to tutor fb via Quickmark and resubmit (and resubmit again, as desired).

Class groups are created; Ss work on a summary task given out at the end of class – before the next class they upload their versions to a blog and the others in the class can peer review and comment on each other’s summaries using ‘create blog post’ and ‘add comment’ facilities. 
]]> 2016-10-22 14:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alan_r_lockett1/vle_ideas/wish/132494558 Ideas for VLE hbakry https://padlet.com/alan_r_lockett1/vle_ideas/wish/132504750 *Upload content package after every class for their reference.  The package can include extended text, audio and video material with "Further issues to investigate" as bonus work for students who wish to improve their scores.

*Upload previous years' quizzes and exams for extra practice. In groups, Ss are asked to design their own version of the quiz; reshuffle between groups; let them answer each other's exams and in class discuss feedback.   

*Assign the Ss a topic and ask them to write an outline of a 5 paragraph essay. Using the Forum, Ss can upload their different versions and then give feedback to each other.

*Ss are asked to read the abstracts of 5 academic papers then write a brief literature review. After uploading their Lit. rev., they explain the rationale of the order of the papers. They then read each others Lit. Rev. and in class they discuss the significance of the different organization.

*Ss are assigned to read a literary chapter and then they are asked to post one memorable quotation explaining its significance. Then they randomly choose a quotation to write a reflective essay on.

*Ss are organized in groups to create a wiki and are given the permission to post it on the BB. Each group will be assigned to randomly and anonymously assess another group's wiki adding comments to the wiki. They make the amendments and post them for final class feedback.]]> 2016-10-22 18:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alan_r_lockett1/vle_ideas/wish/132504750