Complete a short literature review on the subject of online learning. You may refine the basic topic, online learning, as you wish, such as limiting the search to certain subject areas, levels, dates, etc. Your literature review should consist of at least 5 journal article citations followed by a brief summary of the article. You may use either the Library Information System or the online E-Journals given in section 5.10 of this unit. Use this basic format for citations: Author(s), Article Title, Journal, Issue, Date, page(s). Limit your literature review to 3 pages.

Design an instructional problem solving activity for a level and subject of your choice, using the Big Six model. State which of the critical thinking skills, given at the end of the section on the Big Six model apply to your activity. (1 page maximum)

Share your ideas and experiences with online research with the class via the course bulletin board tool. Enter Online Research as the subject of your message and post it to the Lesson 3 forum. This is a fairly free form assignment. You might choose to tell something about a research project that you have completed, describe how you use Internet research in your teaching, provide information about useful web sites for research, or share other ideas that you think would be useful to class members. Read the messages posted by other class members and respond to at least 5 of them. Copy and paste your initial message into your assignment as Exercise 3. (1 page maximum)