I found it — the blog post from eLearning Connection that began my use of multimedia triggers for online discussions. I have just finished finding and adding in all the triggers (teasers? prompts? I’ve been calling them “ticklers”, which is more seductive) for my fall classes. These include:
An actor playing a Saxon upset at the Norman invasion, from the National Archives Learning Curve.
A QTRV of Canterbury Cathedral
An animation of throwing things while stationary and in motion from UNSW Physclips, Australia
<--- This painting
Animations of the Western Front from the BBC
A video of the Sioux Ghost Dance performed for Buffalo Bill’s show from the Library of Congress
This photo —–>
And this video of a computer game recreation of the Battle of Agincourt:
Should be interesting discussions this semester!
[...] Lisa Lane of Lisa’s Online Teaching Blog shares a cool way of sparking discussion in herusing a laptop. a laptop. using a laptop. online history class. She uses pictures and video clips to accompany her discussion questions. I never thought of that. I will be revamping my course in January, so I may have to give this a try. [...]