The document discusses different types of learning activities including absorb, do, and connect activities. Absorb activities involve acquiring knowledge passively, such as through readings, presentations, or field trips. Do activities require active participation, such as practice activities, games, simulations, and discovery activities. Connect activities help students relate what they learn to real life experiences through activities like asynchronous discussions, original work, research, and job aids. The ideal learning approach incorporates all three types of activities.

1. Absorb Activities
Do Activities
Learning Activities
Connect Activities
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(Horton, 2006).

2. Absorb Activities
Do Activities
Connect Activities
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(Horton, 2006).

3. Absorb Activities Absorb
Knowledge Do
Do Activities Practice
Connect Activities
Connect
to life and work
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(Horton, 2006).

4. Absorb Activities
Student to
Student
Do Activities Interaction
Connect Activities
Student to Student to
Content Instructor
Interaction Interaction
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(Horton, 2006).

5. Absorb Activities
Do Activities
Connect Activities
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6. Presentations Sharing Stories
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Do Activities
Absorb-Type
Connect Activities Activities
Readings Field Trips
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7. Presentations Sharing Stories
• Slideshows • Tell stories to learners
• Physical demonstrations • Instructor to student interaction
• Software demonstrations • Have learners tell stories
Absorb Activities • Informational films • Student to student interaction
• Dramas
Do Activities • Discussion presentations
• Podcasts Absorb-Type
Connect Activities Activities
Readings Field Trips
• Individual documents • Guided Tours
• Libraries of documents • Museums
• Pre-selected Internet resources • Hands-on field trips are more of
a Do activity
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(Horton, 2006).

8. Practice
Absorb Activities
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Connect Activities
Do-Type
Activities
Games Discovery
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(Horton, 2006).

9. Practice Activities
• Apply
skills, knowledge, and
attitudes, and receive
feedback
• Improve and refine
learning
• Activities range from
simple drill and practice to
difficult guided-analysis
Absorb Activities
Do Activities Do-Type
Activities
Connect Activities
Games & Simulations
• Apply skills in a safe Discovery Activities
environment • Experimenting and
• Gain insight and exploring
confidence solving • The goal is to lead
realistic problems in and learners to discover
entertaining context. concepts, principles, and
procedures on their own
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(Horton, 2006).

10. Practice
• Student to Content
• Student to Instructor
• Student to Student
Absorb Activities
Do Activities
Connect Activities
Do-Type
Activities
Discovery
Games & Simulations
• Student to Content
• Student to Content
• Student to Instructor • Student to Instructor
• Student to Student • Student to Student
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(Horton, 2006).

11. Research Activities Asynchronous Discussions
Absorb Activities
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Do Activities
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Activities
Original Work Job Aids
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(Horton, 2006).

12. Asynchronous Discussions
Research Activities • Learners stop and think deeply about
the subject matter
• Learners must identify learning
• Learners are encouraged to view the
resources on their own
subject matter from a new perspective
• Requires learners to access and
• Learners connect to what they already
interpret outside resources
know
• Learners draw on their own
experiences by connecting the subject
of learning to personal experiences
Absorb Activities
Do Activities Connect-Type
Activities
Connect Activities
Original Work Job Aids
• The ultimate final exam • Used when learning must be applied
• Connects learning to the life of the • Connects learning to the application of
learner work
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(Horton, 2006).

13. Absorb Activities
Do Activities
Connect Activities
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(Horton, 2006).

14. Absorb
Absorb Activities
Knowledge Do
Practice
Do Activities
Connect Activities
Connect
to life and work
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(Horton, 2006).

15. What is the most important type of
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interaction from the learner's point of view?
1. Student-to-Student
33% 33% 33%
2. Student-to-Instructor
3. Student-to-Content
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16. What is the most important type of
10 interaction from the instructor’s point of
view?
1. Student-to-Student
33% 33% 33%
2. Student-to-Instructor
3. Student-to-Content
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17. What is the most difficult type of
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interaction to achieve?
1. Student-to-Student
33% 33% 33%
2. Student-to-Instructor
3. Student-to-Content
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18. What is the most important type of a
10 learning activity from the learner's point
of view?
25% 25% 25% 25%
1. Absorb Activities
2. Do Activities
3. Connect Activities
4. Combination Activities
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19. What is the most important type of a
10 learning activity from the instructor’s
point of view?
1. Absorb Activities 25% 25% 25% 25%
2. Do Activities
3. Connect Activities
4. Combination Activities
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20. What is the most difficult type of
10
learning activity to achieve?
1. Absorb Activities 25% 25% 25% 25%
2. Do Activities
3. Connect Activities
4. Combination Activities
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