Online Second Language Teaching Pedagogy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the pedagogical concepts conducive to effective second language teaching in online and hybrid instructional contexts. Topics include Universal Design for Learning (UDL), dialectical learning, Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), scaffolding, and professional development, reflective teaching, trans-classrooming, and teacher identity formation in the digital space. Additionally, students will learn how to leverage digital technology to effectively deliver task-based online language learning, including social media and Web 2.0, blended, mobile-assisted, and/or autonomous language learning, gamification, immersive and virtual reality environments, and learning management systems.