1. Six activity types Acquisition Discussion Practice Production
Learning through acquisition is what learners are doing when they are listening to a lecture or podcast, reading from books or websites, and watching demos or videos.
Learning through discussion requires the learner to articulate their ideas and questions, and to challenge and respond to the ideas and questions from the teacher and/or their peers.
Learning through practice enables the learner to adapt their actions to the task goal by using feedback to improve. This may come from self-reflection, peers, their teacher, or from the activity itself.
Production
Collaboration
Investigation
Learning through production is the way the teacher motivates the learner to consolidate what they have learned by articulating their current conceptual understanding and how they used it in practice.
Learning through collaboration embraces mainly discussion, practice and production. Building on investigations and acquisition, it is about taking part in the process of knowledge building itself.
Learning through investigation guides the learner to explore, compare and critique the texts, documents and resources that reflect the concepts and ideas being taught.

2. Six activity types Acquisition Discussion Practice Production
Lectures and guest lectures
Master classes
Demonstrations
Books, journal articles and print
Websites, blogs and other digital resources
Videos and lecture capture
Audio podcasts
Webinars
Broadcast media
Interactive multimedia
Class discussions
Tutorials
Seminars
Discussion forums
Blog comments
Web-conferences
Social media
Webinars
Quizzes
Exercises
Problem sheets
Projects
Labs and experiments
Field-trips (real and virtual)
Role-play activities
Simulations
Production
Collaboration
Investigation
Exams and tests
Essays and reports
Portfolios
Designs and drawings
Software
Multimedia
Performances
Artefacts
Audio and video
Photos
Blogs
Small group projects
Whole cohort topic projects
Projects with local companies
External collaboration with students from other institutions
Creating joint outputs
Peer review and peer assessment
Online small group projects with forums, chat rooms etc.
Wikis and collaborative documents
Padlet (online Post-It note board)
Study guides
Web quests
Problem-based learning
Case-based learning
Research projects
Search for, select and collect relevant resources
Analyse the ideas and information from a range of resources
Collect and analyse data