Documentation:Supporting Critical Thinking Online/Learning Activities for Critical Thinking

Learning Activities for Critical Thinking

Activities that support critical thinking might be described as:

• Assignments that challenge students socially and emotionally, that encourage the exchange of different perspectives, that require ideas be fully articulated and defended
• “instruction that stresses discussion, with an explicit emphasis on problem-solving procedures, may be effective in enhancing critical thinking.”

from: Teaching in an Online Environment:Group work for Critical Thinking

Online Discussion and Group work (designed around a problem or challenge) are a couple of options to look at.