ITL 5923 - Online Teaching in the K-12 Environment

Credits: 3
With the realm of education constantly changing directions, online teaching has emerged on the horizon not only in college, but in high school, middle school, and even grade school levels. Students will learn how to recognize and discuss methods of engagement for students in the online world, compare and contrast advantages/disadvantages for online students, facilitate an interview regarding the online education opportunity, develop a school proposal for online classes at their school, examine the road online learning/interaction is taking, and design a lesson around media for an online class. Students will need a general understanding of the online environment in order to keep up with and successfully navigate the course.