Share Paper: Moving Beyond Online Text: Fostering Visual and Multimodal Discussions through Digital Artifact Creation

1. Peggy Semingson, University of Texas at Arlington, United States

Abstract: Traditional asynchronous discussion forums can be enhanced by introducing the opportunity for learners to create a visual or multimodal digital artifact. The idea is to require students to choose from a “menu” of options to create a digital artifact that connects to and aligns with the key concepts from the topic in the course/workshop, etc. Examples include linking to related URL’s, creation of a podcast related to course ideas, using photo tools to share a collage of images related to the topic, and creation of a video with the learner’s own ideas. Each of these types of artifacts draws on ...