Course Development

Educational Technology

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This course is about learning the concept of educational technology. What comes to our mind when you hear the term educational technology? Maybe computer, digital tools, internet, mobile phones, smart boards, electric gadgets, etc.?? Is educational technology only about these tools and gadgets? Definitely not. It is not restricted to these tools only but encompasses everything that enhances teaching and learning. It helps in improving teaching learning process and reaching the pre-set goals of education through systematic organization of learning procedures and processes. For new generation learners, it is required to have a sound knowledge of educational technology and its effect on teaching-learning process. In this course, we will be studying about Introduction of Educational Technology, Classroom Communication and Teaching Aids, Instructional Techniques and Phases, levels and Models of Teaching and Understand the concept, approaches and significance of educational technology and explain the role of communication in the field of education.

Design and pedagogy of the introductory programming course

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College level computer programming is difficult to teach. Failure rates in programming courses are high worldwide, and in India it is noted that students are not able to write simple programs despite completing degrees in computer science. This course will consider the following questions.• How do you design the syllabus for an introductory programming course?• How do you teach it so that it captures the attention of students?• How do you design examinations, and programming assignments which are fair and encourage students to learn in the desired manner?We will sketch out a course design, and strategies for teaching the course. It will use the C++ languages, but most ideas will be independent of the language.Important For Certification/Credit Transfer:Weekly Assignments and Discussion Forum can be accessed ONLY by enrolling hereScroll down to Enroll Note: Content is Free!All content including discussion forum and assignments, is freeINTENDED AUDIENCE: Teachers in Computer Science and related departmentsPREREQUISITES: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or experience in teaching computer programmingINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Industries that offer training to their employees

Teachers + Mobile = Creative Classrooms

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Participants in this course will explore various mobile apps (both iOS and Android) and gain familiarity on how to embed them meaningfully in various subject areas while, at the same time, supporting the Common Core Standards. Discussions will focus on sharing ideas, resources, and best practices for using mobile technologies in the classroom. For the culminating project, participants will develop a sample lesson utilizing the apps from the course or additional mobile apps they discovered and share the lesson with the class. In addition, this course is intended to be completed using ONLY a mobile tablet device, either iOS or Android.

Tecnología educativa

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Con un proyector de vídeo y un ordenador conectado a Internet se pueden hacer cosas increíbles en el aula. Incluso sin este equipamiento, es posible utilizar los distintos servicios y plataformas disponibles en Internet para crear una nueva y enriquecedora experiencia de aprendizaje. En este curso aprenderá a encontrar información en Internet de gran utilidad para su labor docente. También aprenderá a utilizar herramientas para crear presentaciones visuales impactantes y estimulantes. Conocerá multitud de plataformas y herramientas disponibles en Internet que permiten crear nuevas experiencias de enseñanza-aprendizaje, así como crear una comunicación increíblemente eficaz, tanto profesor-alumno como alumno-alumno. El aprendizaje con tecnología es multi-plataforma y multi-dispositivo, y se extiende más allá del aula, incluso de una forma global.

Curriculum, Adaptation & Teaching Strategies for Visual Impaired

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Curriculum is an important element of education. For students with vision impairments, experiences and concepts casually and incidentally learned by sighted students may need to be systematically and sequentially taught to students with vision impairments. Indeed students with vision impairments may need instruction in a variety of specific skills - identified as the expanded core curriculum. The curriculum should be balanced with due consideration given to the children's intellectual, personal, emotional and social developments. To teach visually impaired children, the teacher should adopt a consistent, realistic and flexible approach in curriculum planning and implementation. The expanded core curriculum (ECC) makes a dramatic difference on how prepared students are for their next environment.

Introduction To Learning Analytics

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Learning analytics is a method to collect, measure, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their interactions with a learning environment. Learning analytics is applying analytics on educational data to infer the student learning process and to provide support. This is an introduction and a first course in the series of learning analytics courses that will be offered in coming semesters. Learning analytics is important course in the data era and it will help the learner to apply analytics on data from education domain and also in other relevant domain.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Computer Science, ECE, Electrical Engg, Biotechnology PREREQUISITES:Basics in Probability, Beginner level programming skill COURSE LAYOUT Week 1:What is LA! Definition and how it relates to Academic Analytics and EDM Learning Analytics Big-Picture.How it is related to ML, EDM Four Levels of Learning AnalyticsOverviewWeek 2:Data Collection – How Big is Education data Data Collection from Learning Environments Pre-Processing Ethics in Learning Analytics Student PrivacyWeek 3:Descriptive Analytics, Data Visualization, Example Dashboard Analytics,Week 4:Predictive Analytics, Linear Regression, Analytics Tools, Demo of Weka/Rapidminer,Demo of Linear Regression using Weka

Educación Digital del Futuro

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"¿Estamos ante un cambio radical en educación? ¿Cuáles son las formas adecuadas de interacción en educación? ¿Qué papel tomarán los dispositivos móviles para el aprendizaje? Este curso de 9 semanas de duración dará respuesta a estos y otros muchos interrogantes. Durante las 3 primeras semanas se desarrolla una temática centrada en la interacción persona-máquina en entornos educativos.En las 3 semanas siguientes, se analiza el uso de tecnologías y dispositivos móviles en educación. En las 3 restantes, se estudia el nuevo paradigma educativo que ha dado lugar a cursos online masivos y abiertos y a nuevas pedagogías en el aula. Internet está transformando profundamente el sector de la educación, como también ha transformado ya otros sectores como la música, la información o el comercio"

Tecnologías Educativas

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Este es un curso destinado a profesores de todos los niveles. En él aprenderás a sacar partido de las nuevas tecnologías en tu labor docente, para crear una experiencia de aprendizaje nueva y enriquecedora. Si eres profesor y quieres conocer la nueva enseñanza que viene, no puedes perdértelo.

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) in the UK

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Provide an effective and high-quality RSHE curriculum for your studentsOn this course, you’ll improve your understanding of the statutory requirements of the UK RSHE curriculum.As you explore the UK national statistics on the health and relationships of young people, you’ll learn the value of upholding these requirements if you teach RSHE.As well as receiving guidance on setting up an effective learning environment, you’ll access self-assessment criteria, RSE lesson plans and activities, suggested reading, and audit tools.You’ll also be encouraged to reflect on your current practice and provision, your attitude to your teaching, and the issues you cover in your RSHE classes.This course is designed for professionals who deliver relationships, sex or health education to children or young people.This may include primary and secondary schools teachers and subject leaders, senior leaders in schools, teaching assistants, pastoral support workers.It will also be useful for health professionals such as school nurses, and youth workers in independent or voluntary groups working with children.Microsoft word, Adobe Acrobat Reader

Gestión de objetos de aprendizaje digitales

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El curso te orientará para desarrollar contenidos digitales en la webpara aprender de manera creativa, autogestiva y colaborativa, también reconoce el potencial que todos tenemos para aprender lo que nos interesa y relacionarlo con lo que nos apasiona.

Develop Your Course Design and Instructional Skills

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Shift your instructional strategy. Explore a type of blended learning that reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering instruction outside of the classroom. Discover design thinking and learn how to develop an instructional framework that helps learners visualize material.Create learning experiences that focus on learner outcomes.Deliver training in both a face-to-face and online format. Provide instruction that meets the needs of diverse learners.

Managing Learning Resources

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Information represented, accessible, or stored in a variety of media and formats that helps learning are Learning Resource Materials. It includes books, electronic & printed journals, web resources, audio visual materials, social media, learning objects and newspapers, databases, digital and printed archives & special collections. That is, it is a collection of information stored in a way that facilitates learning. Managing these learning resources at different levels needs to consider various parameters such as proper planning, organization, technology etc. to support principles of resource based teaching and learning. These parameters are very crucial to consider in the initial decisions on learning resources management; otherwise, one cannot expect to get utilized fully these resources. But the creating such a vast learning resources needs investment. To maximize utilization of resources with minimum investment, one needs to follow thoughtful and skilled management strategy. Managing such type of resources is an ongoing process which varies from one part to another but all designated people have to play a major role in managing these resources. Whole process can be classified into four categories and they are (a) acquisition which includes budgeting, purchasing, and binding (b) organization and maintenance which includes cataloguing and processing, accessing; intellectual, physical, digital and assessing, (c) circulation that considers automation and security and (d) promotion.

Become an L&D Professional

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Organization learning and development is a complex task that require a diverse skill set. Great L&D pros are not only versed in instructional design, but also understand the importance of building cultures of learning inside an organization, and can clearly communicate the learning needs and goals to both executives and employees. This learning path is the next step for seasoned instructional designers and corporate trainers looking to better understand the role of learning in the workplace, and how to effectively lead organizational learning. Create a learning strategy for an organization, including strategies for implementation, monitoring, and measuring effectiveness of the plan.Articulate the culture of learning for an organization, and develop a strategy to increase learner engagement with training programs.Develop trainers and manager to deliver high-quality instructor-led training and elearning.

Laboratory and Workshop Management

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The classroom learning emphasizes on understanding of theories while practical in the laboratory and workshop learning need to play very important roles for the students who study technical courses. Laboratory and workshops are amazing learning environments which provide students with real life opportunities to implement theoretical knowledge. The laboratory and workshop classes bridges between theory and practice. In accordance to it management issues, the practice classes are to be taken care of for better understanding. This course explains management issues of laboratory and workshops in conducting practical classes.

Become an Instructional Designer

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Instructional designers create engaging, effective learning experiences that help people gain the skills needed for success. From the foundational models of instructional design to storyboarding and screencasting, build a solid foundation for a career in eLearning, online training, or corporate learning and development.Master the essentials of instructional design.Learn to manage the information gathering and delivery of a successful learning program.Practice task management and project organization with Microsoft Project.