Designing Break-out Room Activities or Individual Modules Linked to Learning Management System Platforms: Using Google Forms in Synchronous or Asynchronous Biology Courses
Advances in Biology Laboratory Education, 2022, Volume 42
Designing effective activities for both synchronous and asynchronous versions of the same course can be challenging, and often the different modalities demand different solutions. In this presentation, I will demonstrate how Google Forms can be used as break-out room group learning activities for synchronous courses or as individual learning modules for asynchronous courses. The Google Form can be set up as a “quiz”, so that students need to answer questions correctly to move on to the next question or content. Videos and images can be embedded in the form for self-contained instruction. In addition, the “exit page” of Google Forms, when the form has been successfully completed, can be used as a platform to launch students into additional, more open ended inquiry, such as creating a discussion board post in the Learning Management System. I will guide attendees through the creation of a Google Form on the topic of their choosing, share student feedback on these activities from my introductory biology courses, and lead a discussion of best practices on implementing these activities.
Keywords: assessment, active learning, quiz, asynchronous, Google forms
ViABLE (2021)
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