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2019 - 2020 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog 
    
2019 - 2020 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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ED 516 - Personalized Learning & Engaging Learners


This course will aid teachers in building a performance-based system where students navigate their own learning and develop and set goals as they measure progress towards identified standards. Student agency is a key component in developing student voice and choice which in turn increases student engagement and passion for learning. This course will help teachers work with identified standards and develop learning targets that are clear and will measure progress in their student’s learning. Personalized learning is system that requires student engagement as well as an opportunity for students to lead their own learning. This course will show teachers how to develop a system with practices and procedures to aid in the management of the student-centered learning system.

Prerequisites & Notes
None.

This course is offered online as part of the MSEd curriculum with monthly start dates.

Assignment Overview

  • Assignment: 4 Units
  • Interactivity: Discussion Forum Participation
  • Final Assessment: Final Paper & Final Project


Course Learning Objectives
  • Recognize the basic components of a performance /proficiency-based system as they relate to the roles of teacher, student, parent, and community.
  • Evaluate the roles of students, parents, and teachers in bringing about changes in the roles and structures necessary to meet the challenges and prepare students for twenty-first century learning and living.
  • Apply the tools necessary to build procedural transparency in a learner-centered classroom.
  • Evaluate these tools and their impact on students as they become active participants in their learning.
  • Identify content learning targets based on the State Common Core of Learning, 21st Century Skills, and the Key Cognitive Strategies. These standards will be used to guide and inform instructional goals and student progress as well as measure the depth and application of thinking and learning.
  • Develop a sample unit of instruction that incorporates the ideas, tools, and procedures outlined in this course.
  • Develop a plan of action to transform a learning community from traditional to performance based through systemic changes, learner-centered culture, transparency, and the development of procedures to aid students in navigating their own learning.


Credits: 3

Offered: Online



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