Course Description
Improve student success and the joy of learning. This approach has been used by the course designer to increase student test scores by 10-30 percentile points on average (some gaining as much as 50), while engaging in meaningful learning.
This course was designed for educators who need to create online or blended lessons - or an entire class - and who have minimal to no experience designing for mastery-based online learning. The course is intended for a variety of educators: college instructors, homeschooling parents, community educators, and more. Experienced teachers can also benefit, reframing and building upon what they know.
Sample of the Curriculum
- Introduction: Space & Time
- Reflect: Using Your Superpower
- Space & Environment: Physical & Sensible Environment
- Space & Environment: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Space & Environment: Establishing Expectations & Boundaries
- Time & Energy: Energy Management (30:29)
- Time & Energy: Timing and Pacing to Optimize Learning
- Time & Energy: Considerations for Hybrid School-Home Scheduling
- Time & Energy: Habituating & Time Wrangling
- Quiz 2: Space and Time
- Applications: Space & Time
- Introduction: Multiple Ways of Learning
- Reflect: Different Ways of Learning
- Limitations and Considerations for Learning Needs and Preferences
- Power of Emotion
- Perceptual Modalities: More Than 3!
- Beyond Modalities: Categories of Learning Needs and Preferences
- Gifted and Talented
- Learning Preferences Resources
- Quiz 4: Multiple Ways of Learning
- Applications: Multiple Ways of Learning
- Introduction: Determining Learning Goals
- What's the Big Idea?
- Learning Goals: First Places to Consider
- Learning Goals Lists
- Bloom's Taxonomy for Goal Level Analysis
- Classes versus Competencies
- Cover versus Do
- Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery
- Quiz 5: Determining Learning Goals
- Applications: Determining Learning Goals
- Introduction: Find & Create Learning Objects
- Granular & Reusable Learning Objects
- Avoid Modality Interference
- Mindful Formatting
- Copyright Considerations, Including Images
- Using Ready-Made Content
- The Power of Story
- Content Creation Tools
- Quiz 8: Find & Create Learning Objects
- Applications: Find & Create Learning Objects
Continuing Education Units Available
In partnership with Ole Miss (University of Mississippi), we offer continuing education credits (CEUs) for this class. The process is simple!
- Successfully complete the course.
- Contact us to let us know you're interested the CEUs.
- Upon confirmation, we'll send you a form and link to submit to Ole Miss (you pay a $20 fee per class directly to Ole Miss).
Mentored Version: 1.2 CEUs
Stand-Alone Version: 0.8 CEUs
Note: members of the Parent Empowerment Project have access to the stand-alone version included in your subscription, and completion of this class through the PEP qualifies!
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