This is an English as a foreign language resource which can be used for learners who have a pre-intermediate level of English.The resource is a task based language activity on the topic of food.
The intended audience for this lesson includes adults seeking basic speaking and listening skill development focusing on Grade Level A. Whenever applicants interview for a job, employers will ask them to describe themselves, their qualifications and any relevant events that will tell them why this person is a good candidate for the job. This lesson will help learners prepare to describe themselves and present personal information clearly and accurately in response to questions. This is the first lesson in a three-part series on preparing for job interviews.
A descriptive essay about Rome
Students will write a narrative essay over a personal experience. Students will use descriptive and figurative language to enhance their writing and appeal to the reader’s senses.
Students will have a roaring good time when they watch a scene from "The Lion King" as a way to compare standard and described programming media.
Students will learn how descriptive words make stories clearer and more interesting to read.
This handout breaks down tips for improving your descriptive writing and provides examples and explanations for each suggestion.
Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home, write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book.
This activity was created by Molly Clare Wilson, it is a quick introductory design thinking exercise.
Design Discourse: Composing and Revising Programs in Professional and Technical Writing addresses the complexities of developing professional and technical writing programs. The essays in the collection offer reflections on efforts to bridge two cultures — what the editors characterize as the "art and science of writing" — often by addressing explicitly the tensions between them. Design Discourse offers insights into the high-stakes decisions made by program designers as they seek to "function at the intersection of the practical and the abstract, the human and the technical."
This handout introduces you to four principles for visual design: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.
A resource to help instructors design quality online discussions.
Created as part of a project in the 2017-18 Cross-institutional ID2ID Peer Mentoring Program for Instructional Designers co-sponsored by Penn State University and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) (http://www.id2id.org). Examples are provided for Canvas LMS users. However, you may copy (Remix) and edit for another LMS or improve it as described in the "Improve this resource" section to earn an open digital badge.
Before creating this OER, content was shared with and improved upon through suggestions from instructional professionals in the ID2ID and Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) communities.
Students explore the genre of posters, review informational writing and visual design, and then design poster presentations to share in class or at a school-wide fair.
Innovation for Online Learning
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This open resource is designed to extend your reach into open education. Through a set of four modules, you will explore the concepts of teaching in the open, open content, open course design and assessment, and open communities.
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Using "The Grapes of Wrath" as a backdrop, students conduct research on issues that the novel addresses, publishing their findings in a multigenre museum exhibit.
Scientific posters are a tool for communicating your researchand explaining why it matters to a particular audience. What makes a scientific poster effective relies on your audience, discipline, and professional context. You’ll want to consider who is viewing your poster.
Scientific posters are a tool for communicating your researchand explaining why it matters to a particular audience. What makes a scientific poster effective relies on your audience, discipline, and professional context. You’ll want to consider who is viewing your poster.
A huge and colorful poster can easily be noticed by prospective clients. However, designing such a poster isn’t easy. Many would-be marketers mistakenly assume that being loud is the same as being attention-worthy which isn’t the case. There are some key factors that when analyzed correctly will help you to determine the best design for a poster. This lesson is about the factors to take into consideration and and steps to take before attemting to design.
A toolkit for maximum learning impact
Short Description:
The goal of the Designing for All: A Toolkit for Maximum Digital impact is to provide resources for instructors at Vancouver Island University to create digitally accessible courses for their students. It focuses on the suite of tools supported by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL). A giant thank you to BCcampus and their Accessibility Toolkit - 2nd Edition. We were able to rely heavily on the content provided in that publication in the creation of our own version. Thank you for your hard work.
Long Description:
The goal of the Designing for All: A Toolkit for Maximum Digital Impact is to provide resources for instructors at Vancouver Island University to create digitally accessible courses for their students. It focuses on the suite of tools supported by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL). It would also be useful for instructors at other institutions that use Brightspace by D2L as their Learning Management System.
A giant thank you to BCcampus and their Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition. We were able to rely heavily on the content provided in that publication in the creation of our own version. Thank you for your hard work.
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This handout will help you decide the best way to visually represent your data.