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This course is unlike any course – online or face to face – that you may have taken before. This is your course. It is designed and structured to support your independent and self-directed learning. While the focus is on critical digital literacies, the explorations you conduct will be informed and shaped by your interests, passions, and teachable subject matter. This is your course, so enjoy the learning – and there will be lots to learn together!
This course is structured for adult learning, where you can explore digital literacy interests and prepare yourself for a life-time of professional learning with/about educational technology. This course is designed this way because one, short, nine-week course cannot possibly cover all you’ll need to know about critical digital literacies in teaching and learning. This is a surface exploration into critical digital literacies in education
1st There are weekly topics and readings to focus your learning about critical digital literacies (CDL), with an expectation that you will apply these skills to independent tasks and self-directed readings. Each week you will include your reflections and thoughts on the topic in ONE POST and ONE RESPONSE to a small group discussion space in D2L. These weekly discussion posts and responses are NOT graded. They are assessed using MET / NOT MET YET. If any post or response fails to meet the basic criteria or demonstrate basic competencies, you will have one week to revise, update, and resubmit. This is due on Friday of each week, by 11:59 p.m. More details are listed in the assignment section.
2nd You will connect with a mentor, a professional in the field of teaching. You will share ideas, talk about tasks from this course, and any other digital literacy topics, that could apply to your preferred grade level, to help you meet your course goals. You will follow the suggested schedule of dates to connect with your mentor, in digital formats of your choosing. You will report back to confirm these mentor sessions have been completed. This is an opportunity for you to connect to an educator in the field, to build your critical digital literacies and understanding. Again this is NOT graded, but evaluated on a MET / NOT MET YET assessment strategy.
3rd There are weekly collaboration tasks that are intended to explore digital tools while building digital fluencies. You should try to complete these early in the week. See the suggested weekly schedule for these activities. These digital explorations and ‘tinkerings’ will also be outlined in D2L and on the course web site. All tasks that MET the criteria will be recorded on your Individual Grading Grid. You can track your own grade and evaluation using this private, shared, Google spreadsheet (see image below). Each task requires varying amounts of time, so time management is crucial. Each week your completed tasks will be reviewed and evaluated by your instructor.
This course is structured for adult learning, where you can explore digital literacy interests and prepare yourself for a life-time of professional learning with/about educational technology. This course is designed this way because one, short, nine-week course cannot possibly cover all you’ll need to know about critical digital literacies in teaching and learning. This is a surface exploration into critical digital literacies in education
1st There are weekly topics and readings to focus your learning about critical digital literacies (CDL), with an expectation that you will apply these skills to independent tasks and self-directed readings. Each week you will include your reflections and thoughts on the topic in ONE POST and ONE RESPONSE to a small group discussion space in D2L. These weekly discussion posts and responses are NOT graded. They are assessed using MET / NOT MET YET. If any post or response fails to meet the basic criteria or demonstrate basic competencies, you will have one week to revise, update, and resubmit. This is due on Friday of each week, by 11:59 p.m. More details are listed in the assignment section.
2nd You will connect with a mentor, a professional in the field of teaching. You will share ideas, talk about tasks from this course, and any other digital literacy topics, that could apply to your preferred grade level, to help you meet your course goals. You will follow the suggested schedule of dates to connect with your mentor, in digital formats of your choosing. You will report back to confirm these mentor sessions have been completed. This is an opportunity for you to connect to an educator in the field, to build your critical digital literacies and understanding. Again this is NOT graded, but evaluated on a MET / NOT MET YET assessment strategy.
3rd There are weekly collaboration tasks that are intended to explore digital tools while building digital fluencies. You should try to complete these early in the week. See the suggested weekly schedule for these activities. These digital explorations and ‘tinkerings’ will also be outlined in D2L and on the course web site. All tasks that MET the criteria will be recorded on your Individual Grading Grid. You can track your own grade and evaluation using this private, shared, Google spreadsheet (see image below). Each task requires varying amounts of time, so time management is crucial. Each week your completed tasks will be reviewed and evaluated by your instructor.
