Looking at the various postings for AHY learning objects is really interesting, and I am learning a lot from them. In fact, I feel somewhat beseiged by ideas. Some of them are fairly focused and some quite complex, although perhaps I am conflating this last exercise with the previous one for chunks. Sometimes I feel quite bewildered/overwhelmed and other times that I have a real sense of direction, that now it's mostly a matter of putting the parts in order. I think the confusion comes from reading about what others are doing. I think, 'oh, I could/should do that' but then have to remind myself of what my own course is really about and how I plan to accomplish those goals. I still have to plan the readings of critical essays that will be done by groups who will then plan how best to present the ideas of the essays to the class at the next F2F meeting.
Another aspect that I find interesting is the ideas about discussions that I am seeing. I always thinks of discussions as like conversational debates, wherein, thanks to the back and forth dialogue, more complex ideas are developed about some significant aspect of the text. That would require much more interaction than I see some instructors requiring. I wonder if it would be possible to have a from it in order to help all of the students understand the core of the discussion. This would require the assessing group to take the discussion a step further, I would think. I have to think this through - a person can think of plenty of activities for students to do, but obviously the point is to figure out which ones will most further their understanding of the novels, as well as their understanding of how to think about a text, any text.