19 Examples Show How Designers Convert Classroom Activities to E-Learning #465
Classroom to E-Learning RECAP #465: Challenge | Recap
Discover how course designers convert classroom training materials into engaging e-learning interactions.
Eva Ludowig
In the classroom, you can easily implement group interactions, brainstorming, a round, where everyone introduces him or herself. This is a little bit more difficult in an e-learning course - but why not use google docs or other types of shared documents and embed them into Rise or Articulate.
Example | Eva Ludowig | Website
Jodi M. Sansone
I have memories of studying Shakespeare in high school. Our teachers had us read the passages out loud, which was painful (to read or to follow along). I wish we had access to today's technology so the plays could have come to life. I tried to do that in this demo with one of Macbeth's soliloquies.
Example | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone
Norma Johnson
I loved art class, starting back in elementary school! And who doesn't love Bob Ross! So, here is a very starter-level color mixing class. I hope you enjoy it.
Jonathan Hill
One of the biggest challenges when converting classroom activities to interactive e-learning is that you're no longer in the room with your learners to answer questions, elaborate, and provide corrections. So here are some tips to make sure they don't goof around about behind your back!
Example | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint
Ron Katz
Here is a 5th grade worksheet on word building riddles which I converted. After two practice problems, the student is prompted to create their own riddles that they can print out for their friends to try.
Example | Learn more | Download | Ron Katz | Website
eLearn Dev
We created an interactive sample on tying a Kelvin knot using Articulate Storyline. The sample uses sliders to guide learners through each step, making the learning process engaging and effective.
Gülsüm Güneşen Yıldız
One struggle in the conversion of in person to virtual training is learners engaging with each other. This was accomplished in person by creating icebreakers/games. Here's a super simple activity perfect for primary school students!
Example | Gülsüm Güneşen Yıldız
Alexandria Jackson-Ponc
One struggle in the conversion of in person to virtual training is learners engaging with each other. This was accomplished in person by creating icebreakers/games. Some trainers/IDs accomplish this virtually through breakout rooms. In this icebreaker called 'Survival', learners are prompted to work together to determine which 10 items would give them the highest chance of survival if they were stuck (insert random place). Usually, the teams would share their items and that would be the end of the game.
Example | Alexandria Jackson-Ponce
Ashi (Neha) Tandon
Math has been my nemesis all my life, throughout high school and engineering. So, sharing an example of how it can be made fun-adjacent by incorporating various interactive and engaging elements.
Example | Ashi (Neha) Tandon | Website | @ashi_tandon
Stephen Taperek
I used to be an orchestra teacher before switching career paths this past October. In this assignment, students would already have a basic understanding of note reading and will be dragging and dropping the note names onto the correct notes on the staff. I didn't do it for this example, but if I were to continue with this, I would set up variables and triggers to have the notes on the staff randomized each time that way they weren't just in alphabetical order.
Anna Piasecka
The history of this exercise stems from transitioning in-person classes to online sessions when COVID-19 began. In the original class, participants had to move beans from one bowl to another within 60 seconds, using only one hand and handling one bean at a time. To adapt, we recreated the activity by having participants drag oranges from the left bowl to the right bowl within 15 seconds.
Megan Larkin
I've adapted a lesson from an 8th grade US History course to a DEIB Juneteenth eLearning activity -- figured it was fitting for today's holiday!
Example | Original classroom slides | Megan Larkin
Daniel Canaveral
Kate Golomshtok
This week's challenge reminded me of geography class. We had to memorize the names of the states and their capitals. It wasn't very interesting or effective to just look in a map and cram. So I decided to revisit the past and make something like a trainer. You need to match the name of the federal state with its position on the map.
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website
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