Teaching and Learning Online

This course was designed to prepare teachers with the background knowledge and skills they will need to design and develop high-quality online learning experiences for their students. The history of online learning will be explored as well as strategies and best practices that lead to success in online learning environments. Combining effective pedagogy with engaging curriculum and a variety of technology tools, participants will learn how to increase teacher presence in virtual instruction to humanize the learning experience which builds academic and social connections in the online classroom. The alignment between learning objectives, assessments and student-centered activities using emerging technology is a focus of this course. In addition, course participants will learn to apply principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to the online environment through an equity-minded lens. As a result, participants will strengthen the essential skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective online instructor and meet needs of today's learners as identified in guiding documents including the National Educational Technology Plan and the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching.

NOTE: Required book must be acquired separately.

This course is applicable towards the Online Teaching Certificate.