Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a set of courses that will grant participants a badge once all courses in the PDP have been completed.
Distance Learning Consortium members will have access to a five online self-paced courses focusing on topics related to online teaching in alignment with the Senate Bill 15.
This session will outline a couple of instructional or educational technology frameworks and will explain how these frameworks are embedded into instruction. At the completion of this course, teachers will be able to frame their daily lessons around TPACK and understand how their activities fit into a Technology Integration Matrix (TIM).
This course will begin with an overview of learning management system (LMS) technology and explore the basic features and functions that are found in most standard LMSs. In addition, this course will provide information regarding digital content management which includes organization and storage, from the teacher as well as from the school perspectives.
This self-paced course will describe and illustrate the basic models of Blended Learning and will explain how these models can be embedded into online or virtual instruction. At the completion of this course, teachers will be able to incorporate blended learning activities into their lessons. Implementing a blended learning model into their daily instructional practices will assist teachers to differentiate instruction on the online section of the lesson.
This self-paced course will focus on providing guidelines and procedures to prepare online instructors managing an online course by exploring online teaching policies. The course will begin with an overview of providing clear policies and procedures for an online class and present strategies to manage online activities. In addition, this course will present guidelines to manage behavioral issues in an online learning environment as well as share information on ethical and legal issues.