A faculty member recognizes that students are not engaging with the readings and discussion posts that have been assigned in the past. Seeking to encourage active engagement, the instructor considers tools that encourage collaboration, such as a social annotation software that allows students to share questions and comments on the readings and respond to each other.
- Social annotation software directly responds to the need for students to engage with the course readings and leverages collaboration to support active reading.
- To encourage engagement, it is best if the social annotation software allows for personalization as well as a plethora of options for different media (photos, videos, links) that students might want to share in relation to the reading.
- If the social annotation software captured each student’s active engagement with the reading and in peer discussions of the reading, this would assist with aligned assessment of student understanding of the reading. This approach supports MacEwan’s commitment to learning not only by offering a wider array of ways to learn, but also by better integrating the goals of students and instructors within a shared learning environment.
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