2017 ASHS Annual Conference

With the push to develop more classes for online delivery, there is a need to look at ways to strengthen soft skills in asynchronous online courses. Using challenge questions where a problem is introduced and students solve it strengthens critical thinking, problem solving, and group work. To effectively grade challenge assignments, a rubric was developed that scores the introduction to the problem, data associated with the problem, the solution to the problem, and the quality of the presentation including literature cited.