Course Description
Investigation of current issues at the intersection(s) of cultural diversity, technology, and learning. Though designed especially for students who are or plan to be educators, this course is appropriate for students in all majors who are interested in such issues.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will design and propose a project to use in
their own subject areas and authentic contexts employing one or
more types of current technology to either a) enhance the
education/learning/life outcomes of a particular group of
culturally or otherwise diverse learners, or b) increase
communication and/or understanding between two or more culturally
different groups. As part of the design process, they will pilot
and report on the piloting of at least some portion of their
project, with the assistance of undergraduate students, if
available, whom they will mentor in this way.
Athena Title
Diversity Technology Learning
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDIT 4600 or EDIT 6600
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will develop understandings and dispositions to act upon their understandings of: --The nature of culture and the multiple cultures in which we all participate; --Some aims and principles of multicultural education/education for diversity; --How diversity in race, language, gender, socioeconomic status, and/or abilities affects people's lives, learning, education, and technology access and use, nationally and globally; --How emerging technologies can sometimes increase national and global inequities in opportunity and learning due to such diversity; --How emerging technologies have been and can be used to encourage learning, increase equity of opportunity, and enhance the lives of all people, especially through education.
Topical Outline
I. Culture and Education II. Multicultural Education: History, Aims, and Principles III. SES, Education, and Technology IV. Race/ethnicity, Education, and Technology V. (Inter)nationality, Language, Education, and Technology VI. Universal Design for Learning VII. Responsive Teaching through Differentiation and Personalization in Classrooms and Other Learning Contexts
Syllabus
Public CV