Show Me! Using the Demonstration Activity in Your Online Course

Did you take the Learning Styles Inventory I mentioned in my last post? If you did and you are are a Reflective, Sensing, Visual or Global Learner then the Demonstration Activity is one that can help you learn the content.

Reflective learners do better when they take a moment to formulate questions to answer or imagine ways they can use what they are learning. The demonstration shows one possible application or what will be covered and can lead to questions or provide a launching point to ideas about other ways to use the content.

Sensing Learners like to see how things can be applied to real-world situations. The demonstrations shows them what they are learning in action.

Visual Learners remember what they see better and a demonstration of what will be covered is a good way to help them get a handle on what the content may be all about.

Global Learners like to see how all the details fit together. The demonstration incorporates many of the topics to be covered in the lesson and provides a good overview of the lesson.

If you happen to be more strongly Active, Intuitive, Verbal and Sequential, don't skip the demonstration just because it does not apply to you. Keep in mind that rarely is someone completely one learning style and the demonstration may help you make some of the content for the lesson click.

Although the demonstration is the first activity of the lesson, don't feel like you have to start there or only visit it when you are starting the lesson. It may more sense to you if you visit after you have read the content or while you are working the practice or assignment.

posted by Winona Winslow @ 1:32 PM