TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY.

Catalog description

This course focuses on the integration of effective technology tools in linguistics and TESOL-focused courses and topics. Course topics will cover effectively and meaningfully incorporating a wide variety of digital platforms, communication channels, and tools to curate and create quality digital content and develop technology-focused lesson plans. Students will learn to use robust theoretical frameworks such as Open Educational Resources, open pedagogy, Community of Inquiry, networked and connected learning, and constructivist pedagogies to foster authentic student engagement and active learning with technology and course content. After the course, students will have created several concrete artifacts to add to their teaching dossier for future teaching, potentially adding to being more marketable in a dynamically changing world. Emerging tools such as virtual reality, augmented reality, automation, data analytics, and mobile learning will be also be explored.