3. Affordances Activity Task: From the affordances sticker sheet, choose a task and tools you think might fit with the task. Cut these out first and stick the activity in the centre of your paper and the tools around the outside . Then cut out all the affordances. Select one tool and cluster around the selected tool the +ve affordances you think it has. Then label with potential –ve aspects or constraints. Use the list given or add your own.
4. Using E-tivities E-tivities are frameworks for enhancing active and participative online learning by individuals and groups. Salmon,G. (2002) E-tivities: The Key to Active Online Learning. London: Routledge
5. An example of an E-tivity Salmon,G. (2002) E-tivities: The Key to Active Online Learning. London: Routledge
Editor's Notes
Key features of E-tivitiesA small piece of information, stimulus or challenge (the ‘spark’) Online activity which includes individual participants posting a contribution An interactive or participative element- such as responding to the postings of others Summary, feedback or critique from an e-moderator (the ‘plenary’).
