Online Professional Development for Global Digital Learning
Welcome, Visionary Educators!
Greetings and welcome to the Online Professional Development for Global Digital Learning course - a dynamic training platform curated exclusively for K-12 educators like you, committed to fostering enriching, equitable, and safe digital learning environments. In a world increasingly interconnected and digitally driven, your role is pivotal in navigating and molding young minds to be digitally savvy, culturally aware, and globally responsible citizens in the pandemic and the post-pandemic era.
This 1-unit professional development course is segmented into 3 lessons, each addressing the various facets of digital learning. Your journey through this PD will ensure you gain, apply, and disseminate knowledge that is pivotal in creating an inclusive and constructive digital educational environment.
Instructors: Kenneth Marquez-Perez & Juan Oviedo
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🌐 Lesson 1: Digital Equity
Objective 1: Understand and identify the various dimensions and implications of digital equity in a global educational context.
Objective 2: Develop strategies to ensure all students have equal access to digital resources and opportunities, regardless of their socio-economic status.
Objective 3: Implement educational technology solutions that cater to the diverse learning needs and abilities of students.
🔐 Lesson 2: Digital Learning for Safe, Healthy, Legal, and Ethical Uses
Objective 1: Gain comprehensive knowledge about the potential risks and threats in the digital learning environment.
Objective 2: Establish and enforce policies and guidelines to ensure the digital well-being of students and staff.
Objective 3: Facilitate and promote the ethical and legal use of digital resources and technologies among students.
🌎 Lesson 3: Diversity, Cultural Understanding, and Global Awareness
Objective 1: Explore the importance and impact of diversity and cultural understanding in a globally connected digital learning environment.
Objective 2: Develop teaching strategies that incorporate diverse perspectives and promote cultural understanding among students.
Objective 3: Enhance global awareness and facilitate global collaborations to enrich the learning experiences of students.
Your Impactful Journey Awaits!
Each lesson is enveloped with invigorating discussions, real-world scenarios, and hands-on activities, designed to be deeply engaging and immensely practical. The knowledge and strategies that you will acquire from this course will not only elevate your teaching practices but will also have a profound, lasting impact on your students, preparing them for a globally connected, digital future.
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Podcast/Audio content Kenneth
Online instructional strategies:
Integrate these THREE required online instructional strategies:
Online collaboration
OCoP
Online social presence (OSP), Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), and/or Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)
Integrate three or more other online Constructivist instructional strategies.
Integrate "effective" online Constructivist instructional strategies. (Read online Constructivist instructional strategies) (You may integrate "Instructivist" instructional strategies but Constructivist instructional strategies should be your main key design.)
Apply a model of online learning from our readings to guide you to select effective online instructional strategies and to design interactive online activities.
Ally's a model of online learning
The attributes of learning & six forms of online interaction
Online collaborative learning (OCL)
Online community of practice (OCoP)
Community of Inquiry (CoI)