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Interactive Document by FeedbackFruits
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What is Interactive Document?
The pedagogical tool Interactive Document allows instructors to add in-line questions and discussion threads to reading materials for social annotation.
Why is Interactive Document useful for learning?
Reading books or articles is an important study activity that takes place in almost every course. However, students are often only passively reading the content. By adding interactivity you will increase deeper learning, as well as making the process more engaging and rewarding! There are many learning activities teachers can organize using this Interactive Document module.
How does Interactive Document work?
With Interactive Document instructors can add a layer of interactivity to the document in order to ensure that students actually process instead of only passively reading the document. Both instructor and student are able to start discussion topics on the document or ask questions which will be visible to others who read the document.
This plugin was designed with the firm belief that its ease of use will determine its success. Therefore, depending on the teacher’s didactic method, the plugin allows them to create extra activities such as:
- Discussion on statements put forward in the document
- Priming students thinking by asking questions that will be answered later
Important features
- Adding multiple choice or open-ended practice questions
- Adding attachments to questions or answers
- Sorting input of students
- Data export
- Copyright protection
A bit of background…
The Interactive Document tool is a result of a collaboration between partners from the Edtech Dotank, comprised of over 24 leading universities, such as MIT, TUDelft and HULT International Business School. All partners are united in their aim and dedication to accelerate the implementation of active, blended and online learning. The Dotank is facilitated by FeedbackFruits, as is the process of creating and distributing evidence-based learning activities and the digital means to support them.
More tools by the FeedbackFruits
We work with universities that aim to speed up pedagogical innovation in higher education. Each of our tools is carefully designed in collaboration with instructors and learning designers to support an ever-increasing number of learning activities.
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