Engagement

//**What have you done to encourage interaction in your courses?**//

//Please add your feedback in the table below. Clarify the type of interaction and share some of the specifics about the activity.//
 * ~ Contributor ||~ College ||~ Type of Interaction ||~ Tool ||~ Description ||~ Technical Skill Level ||
 * || ===== OntarioLearn ===== || ===== Student to Instructor ===== || ===== Chat or Video Conferencing ===== || ===== During the first week invited students to join me for a "webinar" that allowed me to introduce myself and give students an orientation to the site. Using the AppShare feature, I focused on showing the students how to navigate the site, specifically how find the important course information. After the orientation, I hosted a short Q&A session. This got the students off on the right foot. I also archived the event and posted it in the site. This was especially helpful for students who registered late and could not attend the session. ===== || ===== The instructor will have to be comfortable with Multi-tasking and using different technology =====

Skill Level: Med to High
||
 * || ===== OntarioLearn ===== || ===== Student to Student ===== || ===== LMS Wiki or Internet Wiki ===== || ===== Building a menu; At different points in the term they would learn about the different elements of a menu (i.e. appetizers, entrées and desserts). In a group, students use a Wiki to begin creating a menu that would be presented at the end of the term. ===== || ===== If using an internet wiki, the instructor may need to provide a certain level assistance to students when the project first starts. Most tools are relatively intuitive, so this should not be too difficult. =====

Skill Level: Low to Medium
||
 * || =====OntarioLearn===== || =====Student to Content===== || =====LMS Wiki or Blog tool; Internet Wiki or Blog===== || =====Personal Recipe Portfolio I encourages students to set-up accounts on PB wiki or another internet-based WIKI tool (Not Wikipedia). I chose to use an external Wiki because I wanted the students to continue to use this resource throughout the culinary. The purpose of the wiki was to create a Personal Recipe Portfolio; an area to store personal recipes that could be easily edited and new ones could be added.===== || =====Like above, there may be a learning curve at the start, but in this type of activity, it's important to give the students full creative license in how they prepare this. The Wiki is most logical as it is the one that can be edited most easily.=====

||  ||