Passive learning is like listening to the news while cooking dinner. How do you define active learning? What does it look like?

Online courses should include:

• Activities that promote the transfer of learning from platform to practice.
• Opportunities to engage with content... not just absorb it.
• Meta-cognitive practices: reflecting on what is being learned.
• Reflecting on learning experiences, applying learning to real-world scenarios, and teaching others are all part of the active learning process.

Mastery learning: not one and done. Sustained learning opportunities needed, practice with feedback, and assessment with feedback.

Connection: Necessary for successful learning experiences-collaboration discussion.

Instructors need to be aware of copyright and licensing status on all materials used in their courses. Copyright infringement happens when works are coped, performed, or distributed without permission of the copyright holder, or when those actions are not allowed under federal exceptions of copyright law. Understanding copyright and licensing status will guide faculty to make the right choices when integrating resources into their online courses, and to cite those sources properly.

 Resources and materials in the course should all be properly cited. In doing so, instructors and programs model good academic citizenship. This can guide learners to respect the intellectual property of other and explore effective practices on publishing new materials.