EDF 488 - Practicum in Online Teaching
3 credits
Description:
The Practicum in Online Teaching is intended to provide students with a mentored experience where they actually put into practice what they learned about online teaching in previous coursework. More specifically, students engaging in this Practicum will have to be responsible for various aspects of online teaching, in authentic contexts (i.e., real courses/professional development offerings) and with on-going support provided by a mentor. Students will also be required to produce a number of artifacts related to these experiences that will serve as evidence of having achieved proficiency with respect to specific aspects of online teaching.
In this practicum experience, students are expected to demonstrate:
- Awareness of and proficiency in using a rich set of online tools, technologies, resources and best practices for online teaching;
- Proficiency in designing and implementing high-quality online learning experiences and courses;
- Proficiency in the rigorous evaluation of online learning experiences and courses to improve future practice.
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