Assignment:
Every individual student should post a question your hub by the due date you assign. These questions can relate to all content covered up to a certain point, or they can relate to a specific module. Questions may ask for clarification on any of the modules covered up to that point, or they may ask for further exploration of a specific topic that interests the student.
Alternatively, you may ask that every student post a link to an article or another outside source that discusses a relevant topic (team building, market sizing, marketing strategy, etc.). In this exercise, students may either post a new link or respond to a post someone else has made — and you may cap the number of responses to a single post to a number that’s appropriate for your class size. This cap incentivizes students to strike a balance between researching new links and reading those that others have posted.
Asking students to do one or both of these exercises pushes them to think deeply about the content covered in class and through the builders. Furthermore, their questions help you take a pulse of the class’s comprehension of the material while their posts help you bring new material into the classroom. And if you so wish, you can use student posts and responses to structure your classes.
Bonus: If you have invited supporters (people who are not students but are willing to offer their expertise) to your hub, you may invite them to participate in your hub strategically. After you have asked your students to post questions or ideas, you could also email your supporters and invite them to weigh in with their knowledge. See more on this topic in the “ecosystem” section below.
Summary:
- All students add a question or post about the material
Objective(s):
- Push students to think deeply about the material covered in the class and builders
- Gather insight into how well students are understanding the material