You will discover a variety of activities that your students will be doing as they complete the course work. The variety is very similar to what you would have students do for assignments in a traditional class. Some, especially cooperative work, is a little more challenging since it is done via email or chat sessions, but it does work. Here is a short, partial list of the types of activities you will find:

• Papers (both short and long, research and opinion)
• Journaling
• Assignments from the text
• Jigsaw presentations
• Presentations
• Discussions

If you can do it in a traditional classroom, most likely it has been incorporated in an online class.