DESCRIPTION
At One Schoolhouse, we like to say: “Make sure that the focus is on the learning, not the technology.”
In just one academic year, COVID-19 has pushed schools to quickly expand the adoption of technology in their classrooms, leading schools to a crossroads: go “back to normal” or seek out the “next normal” for students and teachers. New implementations of technology have the capacity to lead to transformation if academic leaders understand the potential and can avoid the pitfalls. In this one-week professional development course, we’ll consider:
Learning Objectives
In just one academic year, COVID-19 has pushed schools to quickly expand the adoption of technology in their classrooms, leading schools to a crossroads: go “back to normal” or seek out the “next normal” for students and teachers. New implementations of technology have the capacity to lead to transformation if academic leaders understand the potential and can avoid the pitfalls. In this one-week professional development course, we’ll consider:
- How to make sure that the adoption of technology keeps the focus on learning and relationship building -- particularly in regards to the schools’ selection of and use of the Learning Management System (LMS).
- What worked and what didn’t work from the past year, and what that means going forward.
- How Academic Leaders might leverage technology in the future to create efficiencies, support all students, and track progress with initiatives (including the school’s DEIB work).
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the changes the past year has brought to the role that technology plays in the classroom.
- Examine the technology systems that underpin teaching and learning (including the Learning Management System) and learn how to ensure that technology enhances student-teacher and student-student relationships.
- Consider the data now available to academic leaders through technology and how it might be leveraged to achieve institutional goals.
COURSE FORMAT
Academic Leaders will be guided through a one-week online course, which will take about four hours to complete. The weeks/units of this course are asynchronous, but class-paced. There is no fixed time for participation, but assignments are due each week. Throughout the course, participants will connect and collaborate with each other through interactive media, including short videos and discussion boards. Participants will have access to the course and materials for one additional week beyond the posted end date.
TUITION
$295 for consortium schools; $395 for all other participants. Use the link above to register.