Online Instructor of Education
•EDC 586 "Social Media Technology to Promote Learning"
online and asynchronous
This graduate-level course was designed to guide professionals through the use of Social Media tools to promote learning within their organization. Participants range across the work-spectrum, from department directors, to remote managers, to K-12 educators, to University professors and Library staff.
Participants learn:
- to understand basic concepts of social media and online collaboration,
- to communicate and collaborate remotely to increase productivity,
- to identify the potential pitfalls and advantages with the use of social media in the workplace,
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to develop a supportive, reflective, virtual professional community around online collaboration,
•EDC 923 "Online Collaboration and Exploration"
online and asynchronous
This graduate-level course was designed to be highly interactive, open-ended and investigative. Teachers learn:
- to understand basic concepts of online collaboration,
- to share and heighten common depth of knowledge regarding online collaborative endeavors,
- to identify potential educational areas for online collaboration,
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to develop a supportive, reflective, virtual professional community around online collaboration,
•EDC 922 “Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom"
online and asynchronous 3-semesters
This graduate-level course focuses on the pragmatism of using Web 2.0 tools in education. Teachers learn:
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how to use the Open Educational Resources to foster literacy in and out of school,
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to deepen learning and increase student achievement,
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to create opportunities to bring these technologies to the larger school community through the building of their own Wikitextbook chapter, and
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to remix OER's and integrate them into their professional practice.
•EDC 921 “Using Blogs and Wikis to Foster Literacy”
online and asynchronous 12-semesters
This graduate-level course focuses on the pragmatism of using Web 2.0 tools in education. Teachers learn:
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how to use the Read/Write Web to foster literacy in and out of school,
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to deepen learning and increase student achievement, and
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to identify assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of Read/Write Web technologies in their professional practice. Appropriate for grades K-12, this class meets completely on line and is taught through a blog.
•EDC 920 “Harnessing the Power of the Internet for Teaching & Learning”
online and asynchronous 18-semesters
This graduate-level course focuses upon using the Internet for teaching and learning. It covers basic Information Literacy skills (how to search the Internet effectively and accurately, as well as how to distinguish quality, reliable websites from those that offer poor, unsubstantiated information). Class participants:
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gain access to lessons that integrate these skills into their classroom;
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learn how to access video/audio sites to supplement their instruction; and,
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learn how to create a blog. Class participants will interact completely through a blog, as well as
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learn what a blog is, how to use one, and how to access educational blogs from teachers around the world.
•EDC 478 “Exemplary Teaching Practices” 3-semesters
This course teaches educators how to focus upon their strengths by pinpointing and identifying their best lessons, analyzing the successes, and embedding these traits into future instruction.
•EDC 479 “Documenting Accomplished Teaching Through National Board Certification” (3 cr) 4-semesters
This 9-month course walks practicing educators through the process of earning National Board Certification. Heavy in practical application; This course has teachers continuously analyze, revise, and edit, current practices until they have raised their level of teaching to exemplary status.
