Course Description

As technology rapidly changes and evolves, so too must our approaches to education. In this course, we will examine how innovations like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social media, and more can be leveraged to enhance student learning outcomes and create engaging educational experiences. Key topics will include designing technology-enabled lessons, selecting appropriate edtech tools, managing remote and hybrid classrooms, assessing student learning in digital environments, and addressing issues of equity and access. You will learn practical frameworks for integrating technology into your teaching in purposeful ways. We will take a critical lens to the risks and limitations of edtech while also exploring its tremendous potential benefits. You will leave this course with both a robust theoretical foundation and actionable strategies to improve your pedagogical practice with technology. This is not just a course, but the start of a journey to evolve your teaching for the digital age. 

Course Objectives

• Develop a teaching philosophy that supports education in technology-enhanced learning environments.

• Evaluate the use of selected emerging technologies to meet the teaching and learning needs of students and organizations.

• Evaluate available digital content and tools against established standards and the needs of specific contexts.

• Create an online professional portfolio or develop a digital learning activity.

Let's Get Started!

Thanks Todd, but what are we doing in this class?

In this class we have four things to do each week. We will check in with classmates, we will read and write a bit, we will look at some digital tools, and develop an amazing project. Each week the times vary on those items, as will the time spent on your larger personal project. What are the possibilities for  your personal project?

Examples of Projects

There are three options, unless you can imagine a fourth 😀 You just need to choose one. 

• Teaching Portfolio (would include a teaching philosophy, a diversity statement, a cv, about me page, a teaching demo)

• Content Creation (a complete class module or unit of work, a topical website, something that addresses an issue)

• Enthusiastic Exploration (visible explorations, application, and reflections on a number of learning tools to a specific topic or topics)

Here are some examples of each of those.

Portfolios

• Laura Killam - educator in Canada

• Ko Niitsu - faculty at UW Bothell

• Sarita Shukla - faculty at UW Bothell

• Sunita Iyer - Faculty at UW Bothell

• Raman Singh - Student in this class last year

• Kathryn Severson - Student in this class last year

Content Creation

• Trauma Informed Care - Camille Clarke

• Capacity Building on Behavioral Health Research - Bothell faculty

• Security Class - Todd made this with Articulate Rise

• Creating Portfolios & Presentations - created by UW Bothell sophomore a few years ago

• Syllabus Creation - UW Bothell faculty

• Digital Accessibility for IDs - Allison LaMotte

• Learn about AI - Skye Nguyen (this uses a tool called Genially)

Exploration

• BNURS 510 - former site for this class in 2018

• Exploration of Everything - Alan Levine

About this Site

We will be using this site as a place for our work. It includes links to each of our projects and the other weekly activities. The video below describes the weekly activities in detail. 

This video demonstrates how to edit this Google Site.