Introduction

An online Memorable eLearning Activity for a grade 5 classroom is the artifact I produced for Unit 2. This unit taught us about Allen's meaningful, memorable, and motivational lessons. Context, challenge, activity, and feedback are the four critical elements of each lesson. He describes combining each component to make the lesson memorable, motivational, and meaningful. The 3Ms concept gave me a framework to more efficiently arrange all of my thoughts and goals when it comes to creating an eLearning activity.

Reflection 

I never actually stopped and asked myself if lessons were memorable, meaningful, or motivational for my students. However, I do always ensure that lessons are of interest to students and that connections can be made, which in a sense, is Allen's 3M's. Throughout the readings in this unit, it was very apparent to me that I need to observe and analyze my lessons in more detail so that they reflect one or all 3M's. After creating a couple of these lessons for our online discussion, I really liked the layout and the way in which my lessons, including those that have already been created, can be organized so that they are memorable, meaningful, or motivational. The structure and foundation presented by Allen are something that I will carry with me throughout my career when creating eLearning lesson plans and regular classroom activities and lessons. Student engagement and collaboration are bound to be more effective when using Allen's framework.