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This is a heady rant about motivating your user. (7 min). While some of the big words might be off putting, the simple game examples should be inviting. ? It serves as advice on making someone feel glad they performed a task you setup for them. The speaker is talking about video games, and behavioral engineering, but I think it relates to motivating online students. _________________________ tl;dr? the core takeaway is: points ain't rewards. Just because you gave someone points, doesn't mean they received them as a reward. Points only work as rewards when they are a "token" of whatever currency the player values. I think this is fascinating to keep in mind when trying to motivate students. (you might think of grades and degrees as tokens in different currencies) + I'm curious to learn how much the field of "instructional design" leverages behavioral engineering.

Video about best practices for week 1 and beyond in online classes

An excellent teaching guide about backward design from Vanderbilt's Center for Teaching including a Grant Wiggins "understanding by design" video, description of the 3 stages of backward design, and a backward design template.

Ecampus video about creating assignments for online courses, with tips on managing group assignments.