“This class has made me think deeper than I have in a long time. What I have learned so far will make a big impact on my teaching style. I have taken a couple of ecourses through The Alabama State Department of Education but there wasn’t any online time or office time. This course has made me realize just how important that is.“ - Jenny Moon, Technology Coordinator for Gadsden City Schools, Gadsden, Alabama
Learning today takes place anywhere and anytime. To meet the needs of today’s connected learner, today’s educator needs to be fluent in new media literacies. The Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator eCourse will prepare you to be an online professor, teach online courses in blended environments such as a virtual school, or teaching blended courses in traditional settings. Through this 10-week eCourse you will explore:
- How to plan and deliver online instruction that moves beyond just digitizing analog lesson plans
- How to truly leverage the transformative potential that online learning provides
- Deep learning in a digital age – what does it mean and how do we get there
Why Should You Learn To Teach Online And Become A More Connected And Creative Educator?
Read PLP’s interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach about this eCourse.
Graduate Credit Available
After the course begins, four graduate credits may be obtained through North Dakota State University for an additional fee of $275. Get complete details here.
Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator lasts ten weeks. Each week features:
- A 90-minute, live, interactive webinar. The session is lead by a seasoned expert in online teaching and learning.
- A Powerful Learning Practice facilitator to provide tech support and foster discussion and learning during the webinar
- Your participation in a virtual community will facilitate discussions, promote collaboration, and deepen understanding through practice
- Readings, tutorials, and practical examples that supplement the live discussion for the week
- Printable guides, checklists, rubrics, and planning materials to create, deliver, and assess your online courses
- An archived recording of the session
This eCourse lasts ten weeks and runs July 9-September 14, 2012.
Time and Day
Synchronous 1.5 hour Webinars – Tuesday evenings at 7-8:30pm EDT (NY time)
On-going interaction throughout the ten weeks in the virtual learning community
Weekly Topics
- Week 1 – Online teaching and learning: Principles and best practice
- Week 2 – Getting started: Planning and course elements
- Week 3 – Creating an online syllabus, designing discussions, and questioning techniques
- Week 4 – Launching your online course: What to expect in the first few weeks
- Week 5 – Building community and managing feedback
- Week 6 – Knowledge building and pedagogical concerns
- Week 7 – Managing and facilitating group projects
- Week 8 – Technology integration, crowdsourcing, and other 21st Century skills
- Week 9 – Authentic assessment
- Week 10 – Wrapping up: Reflecting back and looking forward
The ten-week
Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator eCourse is
$350 for PLPeeps (alumni who have been through the year-long community experience) and available to the public for
$495.
District pricing available. Contact us for details.
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach is co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice. She is a 20-year educator with experiences as a classroom teacher, technology coach, charter school principal, district administrator, and digital learning consultant. She is in the dissertation phase of completing her doctorate in Educational Planning, Policy and Leadership at the College of William and Mary and her first book on connected learning is due out in the fall from Solution Tree. Sheryl is a regular presenter internationally on topics of homelessness, teacher leadership, community building, educational leadership and 21st Century reform. She is on the New Media Consortium’s 2011 Horizon.K12 Advisory board and president of 21st Century Collaborative, LLC. You can find out more on her blog and on Twitter @snbeach.
