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e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.6
Approx. 19 hours to complete
For three decades and longer we have heard educators and technologists making a case for the transformative power of technology in learning. However, despite the rhetoric, in many ways and at most institutional sites, education is still relatively untouched by technology. Even when technologies are introduced, the changes sometimes seem insignificant and the results seem disappointing....
Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.5
Approx. 9 hours to complete
This course sets out to provide an understanding of theories of learning and development and how these theories relate to educational technology. It has two components. The second component is practical, in which we will use these theoretical concepts to ‘parse’ a technology-mediated learning environment for its underlying presuppositions. -------------------------------- Recommended Background...
New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.7
Approx. 15 hours to complete
Education is in a state of flux – transitioning from traditional architectures and practices to new ecologies of teaching and learning influenced by the tremendous social and technological changes of our times. What changes are afoot today in workplaces, civic life and everyday community life? What are their implications for education?...
Assessment for Learning
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.5
Approx. 14 hours to complete
For several decades now, assessment has become an increasingly pressing educational priority. Teacher and school accountability systems have come to be based on analysis of large-scale, standardized summative assessments. As a consequence, assessment now dominates most conversations about reform, particularly as a measure of teacher and school accountability for learner performance....
Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.5
Approx. 14 hours to complete
This course will analyze currently available technologies for learning. Areas addressed include: learning management systems, intelligent tutors, computer adaptive testing, gamification, simulations, learning in and through social media and peer interaction, universal design for learning, differentiated instruction systems, big data and learning analytics, attention monitoring, and affect-aware systems. -------------------------------- Recommended Background...
Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.4
Approx. 15 hours to complete
An investigation of the dimensions of learner diversity: material (class, locale), corporeal (age, race, sex and sexuality, and physical and mental characteristics) and symbolic (culture, language, gender, family, affinity and persona). The course also focuses on the application of learning technologies and new media to meet the needs of diverse populations of learners....
Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.3
Approx. 16 hours to complete
This course opens with an exploration of the social context and aims of literacy teaching and learning. It goes on to describe a range of historical and contemporary approaches to literacy pedagogy, including didactic, authentic, functional, and critical approaches. A Multiliteracies approach also suggests a broad range of activity types—experiential, conceptual, analytical and critical....
Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media
by Dr William Cope , Dr Mary Kalantzis- 4.8
Approx. 24 hours to complete
Whereas the focus of traditional literacy pedagogy has been the written word in its standard and literary forms, this courser expands the scope of literacy learning to encompass contemporary multimodal texts and the wide range of ways of making meaning that occur in different social and cultural contexts. -------------------------------- Recommended Background...
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