In this chapter, we started developing the onboarding phase. The sequence proposed is designed to achieve multiple goals such as encouraging learners to upload a profile picture and create their online persona, inviting learners to look at each other's profiles and speed up the process of getting to know each other, introducing learners to the idea of forum posting and rating in a low-risk (non-assessable) way, taking the workload off teachers to assess each entry, and enforcing compliance through software options that saves the teacher's time and creates an expectation of work standards for learners.
We used an activity loop that identifies a behavior and wraps motivation and feedback around that action.
Now you have learnt the importance of avatars and profiles in creating an online identity. You have seen how a basic forum can be used to involve learners in peer assessment. You are now ready to start setting up challenges that build resilience. In the next chapter, we will borrow...