asynchronous (e.g., on the Moodle learning platform):
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all types
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Reduce uncertainty, arouse interest
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Welcome message with a small preparation task
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Moodle: Forum
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all types (especially larger courses)
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Get to know the whole group & build up a group feeling
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Questions to get to know each other and classify yourself in the group
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Moodle: Forum, Moodle activity Fair Allocation combined with Zoom
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large lecture / practical
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Support the formation of learning groups
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Polls to get to know the group
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Moodle: Choice, Feedback, Fair Allocation
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smaller courses or small groups in larger courses
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Get to know group members & build up a group feeling; Ask for expectations
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Short round of introductions based on get-to-know-you questions
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Moodle: Forum Alternative: Leave “business card” on Padlet/ TaskCard
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all types
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Lower students' inhibition thresholds about asking questions as well as participating in collaborative tasks
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“Test runs” with collaborative tools or tools for asking questions
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Tools in Moodle for students to ask questions: Forum, Hot Question, Etherpad Lite, Group Chat; Tools in Moodle for collaborative tasks: Etherpad Lite, Wiki, Forum, Workshop; Padlet/ TaskCards (no Moodle activity)
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synchronous (live in online meetings):
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all types (especially larger courses)
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Get to know the whole group & build up a group feeling; Evaluate the level of prior knowledge; Make expectations transparent
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Anonymous voting questions to get to know the group & classify yourself
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Pingo (simple SC & MC questions, open text questions) Mentimeter (questions to classify yourself: „Scales“, „Ranking“, „2x2 Grid“) Particify (question types “Sort”, “Prioritization” and with Likert Scales) Zoom
: polling tool; Conduct a point poll with the “annotate” function on the whiteboard or via screen sharing on a prepared graphic
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Here, for example, the methods barometer, 4-corner method can be used creatively; Example for a point poll, which is currently suitable: "Where are you sitting at the moment?
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all types
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Lower inhibition threshold for participation; Get to know the whole group
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To get started, have students answer questions in the chat (no content questions)
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Zoom
: Chat
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uncomplicated questions that require only short answers
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small to medium sized courses (as much as you can survey video images on your screen)
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Get to know the whole group; Encourage to switch on the video
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Finger Feedback
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Zoom
: Video
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You ask questions about experience/ previous knowledge/ sociographical etc. and give a number of fingers for each possible answer, e.g., answer 1 = 1 finger etc. (prepared on slides) > the participants answer by holding the corresponding number of fingers in front of the camera
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smaller courses, e.g., seminar
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Get to know each other personally & build up a group feeling
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Speed Dating
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Zoom
: Breakout Sessions possibly comined with Etherpad, Padlet/ TaskCards
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