Increasing StudentMotivation andAccountability inthe Classroom andOnline

COURSEOVERVIEW

Supporting students to become

self-directed and interdependent

learners in both online and

classroom is a key to their

immediate and lifelong success.

Imagine if your students were:

Asking more meaningful

questions; designing their own

assignments; creating tutorials

for classmates; engaging in peer

to peer support; researching

with an ability to question their

results; providing self-

assessment. In turn, imagine

teachers who are: Learning

more about how their students

learn; saving enormous

amounts of time; responding to

the unique learning needs of

each student; designing highly

motivating assignments;

broadening their repertoire of

tools to support self-directed

learning. At the end of the

course, you will have created

assignments that support your

curriculum. This pedagogy of

student empowerment works

for both online and classroom

settings. Various tools will be

tools but it's not about tools.

Course Date | Sept. 7-Oct. 20, 2020-Meeting times: Wednesday 8:00am EDT-Secondary Educators Focus (6-12)-Limited cohort size-Graduate Credit Available

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Join Instructor Alan November in

ALAN NOVEMBER, Course InstructorAlan November is an international leader in education technology. He began his career as an oceanographyteacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. While Alan was a computerscience teacher in Lexington, Mass, one of his students published an online project in 1984, a database for thehandicapped. He has been director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant,and university lecturer. He has helped schools, governments, and industry leaders improve the quality ofeducation through technology. Alan’s areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development,new school design, community building, and leadership development. He has delivered keynotes and workshopsin all fifty states, and 40 countries. Audiences enjoy Alan's humor and wit as he pushes the boundaries of how toimprove teaching and learning.

Alan’s writing includes numerous articles and three best-selling books. His most recent book, "Who Owns theLearning?" was listed in 2020 as one of the most important 100 books in education.   Alan was co-founder of theStanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology and is most proud of being selected as one ofthe original five national Christa McAuliffe Educators.  Alan has been exploring the value of online learning formore than two decades.

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Module Advanced Search - Google, WayBack Machine, WolframalphaFinding the highest quality information in the world and knowing a range of search tools is fundamental to learning. In this module educators will learn how to teach students to question and refine their results. Search skills will alsobe taught to empower students to learn how to support their own academic achievement.

3THREE

Module Student as DesignerResearch shows that many students prefer to ask a friend for help. This module will tap the creativity andimagination of students to give them purpose in helping classmates learn. Student as tutorial designer andcollaborative team member will be reviewed. We will also review the concept of student as problem designer,applying knowledge.

4FOUR

Module Putting t all TogetherIn this final module, teachers will apply the skills of the course to share their designs of how to help students feelconnected and supported in an online course. We will also look at analytics from our own work with Perusall. We willcover various ways to tap student generated work for assessment.

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Overview of Online Learning & TeachingThe online environment provides us with an opportunity to redefine the role of the teacher and the students. Teachers have an opportunity to empower students to become more self directed and collaborative with peers. Wealso have online tools that can provide educators with more insights into how their students are thinking andengaging with content and one another. Various tools will be introduced in this module that will be applied withinthe learning experience.

Module

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