Course Number: | EDU 5515 C58 |
Instructor: | Jessica Leo |
Location: | Online |
Dates and Times: | July 8 – September 15, 2019 |
Credits: | 3 credits |
Tuition: | $1,387 |
Note: Please register directly with The Northeast Online Teaching Institute (NEOTI). NEOTI will then give you the link to Castleton's online registration form.
This course focuses on depth of knowledge through the application of skills, giving participants the tools to teach online effectively. Candidates learn ways to encourage academic integrity and explore tools to verify student work is authentic. Candidates explore and evaluate different ways to motivate online students, including through developing an online community using collaborative technology and real world application. Candidates explore and evaluate Web 2.0 Technology tools that can help deliver content that will be accessible to a variety of learning styles and special needs. Candidates learn about and practice with resources and tools that are available online to improve their practice, particularly standards based resources. Candidates practice with these tools by developing assessments to measure student learning. Candidates reflect on learning, explore examples, and practice skills to develop a depth of understanding of best practices in teaching online.
Audience: All educators.
In this course the knowledge we gained in Methods I is put into practice. Participants will learn about many online tools and modify their own online class to incorporate best practices in creating a successful online classroom, in online assessments, and in making online classes accessible for all students.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Assignments:
In order to successfully complete this course, participants must meet the following requirements:
Projects:
Module 1: Academic Integrity
In Module 1, participants will learn how to how to encourage academic integrity in the online environment by educating and utilizing stakeholders, knowing your students, and exploring tools that can help.
Module 2: Exploring Your Online Course
Participants will utilize this module to become familiar with the content of an appropriate course that they might teach from VTVLC’s catalog. Participants will find examples in their course of best practices in pedagogy, accessibility, and assessment. Participants will also create a list of possible changes or additions they could add to personalize and improve the course based on their Course Planning Guide from Methods I.
Module 3: Web 2.0 Tools
Participants will explore many of the online tools available, including blogs, social networking sites and wikis, as well as online audio and video tools such as Jing and Animoto. Participants will also review the available research on student use of Web 2.0 tools. Participants will evaluate tools for appropriateness based on student age and ability.
Module 4: Teacher Tech Tools
Participants will explore additional tools of the online world, reviewing technology tools for instructors, and free resources, particularly standards based resources. Participants will create and share templates for common interactions with students.
Module 5: Personalizing Your Course
Participants will use best practices in online teaching to personalize their online course. Participants will learn how to modify a Canvas course to add or edit elements. Class materials and procedures will be organized and posted to ensure that students have clear expectations and know to best ways to communicate with their instructor and fellow students. Participants will create a welcome video to introduce themselves to future students and guide students around the features of the course.
Module 6: Student Motivation
In this module, participants will explore motivational theories and strategies for students, as well as evaluate motivational techniques such as real world application. Participants will explore what motivational strategies are already incorporated into their course. Participants will consider ways to encourage interaction and participation in students and implement at least one method in their course.
Module 7: Creating an Online Community
This module focuses on helping to build an online community of learners in your class using a variety of tools, including creating book clubs and book talks, student clubs and activities, blogs, discussion groups, and utilizing social networks. Participants will learn methods to help encourage collaboration between students and implement at least one method in their course.
Module 8: Helping Students Access Online Learning
Participants will review their course materials, with an eye for places in which diverse populations may have trouble accessing materials. Participants will discuss the needs of diverse learners, as well as those with special needs, and brainstorm methods for helping them access online learning. Participants will enrich one portion of their class in a way that will make it more accessible to a particular population.
Module 9: Modifying Assessments
Module Eight focuses on modifying and implementing online assessments. Participants will review the assessments used in their online classes and discuss how they could be improved with an eye towards best practices and ensuring academic integrity. Participants will discuss how to modify or supplement instruction based on the results of assessment. Participants will modify or create one assessment in their course that will improve their ability to measure student learning.
Module 10: Debrief
Participants will brainstorm plans for dealing with common problems in online classes. Participants will reflect on their learning and share tips and tricks they have learned while modifying their class. Participants will update their Course Change List with any additional tasks that may be necessary before running their own class.
Evaluation: Participants are expected to complete all assignments with a grade of 80 or better. Each assignment has a rubric explaining what is required to earn a passing grade.
Grading: All assignments will be graded according to the assignment rubric.
Required Readings/Texts are not included in the course tuition.
Rice, Kerry. Making The Move to K-12 Online Teaching : Research-Based Strategies and Practices. Boston :Pearson, 2012. Print.
Other Suggested Readings/Texts: Online resources
Jessica Leo
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