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Differentiating Instruction in Online Courses - Carolina Online Teacher Program
This course is an elective in the Carolina Online Teacher Program.
Begins March 10
Tailor your online instruction to meet the unique learning styles of specific students. This six-week online course will introduce you to the concept of differentiated instruction and provide you with the research-based readings, practical ideas, and hands-on practice that will allow you to create a differentiated learning environment in your own online courses.
You'll learn about unique strategies for providing differentiated instruction in online courses, focusing on how content, learning experiences, and assessment can all be modified to address the unique needs, learning styles, interests, and skills of specific students. You will develop differentiated components of your own online courses through relevant, practical assignments and participate in lively discussions with other educators throughout the course.
Prerequisites
- Blackboard or Moodle Training or approved substitute
- Teaching Online Courses
- Facilitating Online Collaboration
Course objectives
This course will:
- Introduce you to the concept of differentiated instruction
- Provide detailed information about differentiation of content, learning activities, and assessment
- Explore the specific applications of differentiation in online learning environments
- Help you learn to recognize differences among learners in your own classrooms and adapt your teaching to meet the needs of each student
- Provide opportunities for you to develop differentiated resources for use in the online courses you teach or will teach in the future
Materials required
None
Take this course!
This course is scheduled to be taught beginning March 10.
It will be open for enrollment until March 10 or until maximum enrollment has been met.
