Educational Technology
Certificate
The goal of the new Educational Technology Certificate (12 credits) is to support
professional educators with technology that connects them to data, content, resources,
expertise and learning experiences that empower and inspire them to provide more effective
learning for all learners.
Effective teaching in the 21st century requires innovation, problem solving, creativity,
continuous improvement, research, diagnostic use of data, and flexible and personalized
approaches to meeting students' diverse needs and strengths. Just as leveraging technology
can help us improve learning and assessment, technology can help us build our capacity
as educators by enabling a shift to a model of connected teaching.
Courses
For more information regarding the Educational Technology Certificate courses, please
see the Graduate Catalog.
Required
This online foundation course for educational professionals is focused on the effective
use of modern learning technologies in the classroom. Importantly, in this class participants
will be teaching and learning with technology rather than learning about technology.
In this course, students will apply their understanding of educational technology
to curriculum design process. Students will be asked to follow content area and pedagogical
best practices in the design process. Special attention will be given to national
standards, emerging technologies, and professional development. In addition, students
will be required to research current methods and techniques in the application of
educational emerging technologies. (Typically offered in fall)
- Prerequisite: EDT 500
- Format: Online
This course offers an introduction to methods and strategies for the design and production
of digital media and digital stories. Participants get hands-on experience with multimedia
tools, produce their own new media and digital stories, learn to integrate digital
stories in a school setting; and develop lessons that involve students in creating
and sharing digital stories. Course topics include digital storytelling as an educational
tool, assessing digital stories, the art and practice of storytelling, the media production
process, copyright and fair use in education. (Typically offered in winter)
- Prerequisite: EDT 500
- Format: Online
Electives
This course provides an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning
(UDL), and strategies for its inclusion in diverse instructional settings. The basic
premise of UDL is that a curriculum should include flexible alternatives to make it
accessible and applicable to students, teachers, and parents with different backgrounds,
learning styles, abilities, and disabilities in widely varied learning contexts. (Typically
offered in spring)
This is a course about teaching and engaging the online learner. The overarching goal
of this class is for teachers, and teacher candidates, to develop strategies to help
learners be successful in an online environment.
To accomplish this goal, the primary objectives for participants in this course are
to: understand the emerging field of teaching K-12 students online and the essential
differences from traditional face-to-face teaching; perceive the affordances and challenges
offered by online resources, technologies, and online teaching; integrate various
web 2.0 tools to enhance online teaching and learning; develop strategies to foster
student collaboration and communication within an online environment; comprehend the
broad concept of digital citizenship and its implications including ethical and legal
issues. (Typically offered in summer)
- Prerequisite: EDT 500
- Format: Online
