7/17/2019 Connected Learning Criteria

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Connected

Course

Online

Presence  Openness Digital Expression Participation Student Agency

Minimum

Criteria

Web-

Enhanced

Course syllabus &

documents housed

on public website

Students blog publiclyStudents comment on each

other’s blog posts

Students retain access to course

materials and learning products

(individual & group) after the

course

Hybrid &

Blended

Required materials

(e.g. readings, digital

tools) are open

access/sourced.

Students are asked to use

multimodal expression in

their blog posts

Students work together to curate

the web (crowdsourcing)

Students contribute to the

course learning materials

Students are asked to

generate their own

multimodal creations intheir blog posts

Students engage in synchronous

or partially synchronous class

discussion (e.g. Twitter,Facebook, Discourse)

Students are able to adapt

learning activities & products to

their personal learning goals

More Fully Online

Open participant

course enrollment is

encouraged

Students are asked to

create and demonstrate

digital workflows across

digital platforms

Students engage in collaborative

projects

Students participate

meaningfully in their own

assessment

The Connected Learning Course Design

In higher education, connected learning course designs cannot be uniformly conceived, because they must be flexible enough to suit a variety of disciplines,

student levels, learning objectives, and course formats. However, a loosely framed concept of connected learning has emerged that allows for definition,

comparing, and contrasting of different courses along five qualitative axes. The first row represents the minimum criteria required to be called a “Connected

Learning” course. However, beyond the first row the columns can operate independently from each other. The range of “minimum criteria” to “more” connecte

is not meant to relay a value judgment on the overall quality of the course design; the instructor, resources, students, purpose, and discipline all play roles in

choosing the desired level of “connectedness.” Some fit better with higher levels of connectedness than others.