Course Description and Competencies

What to Expect

In this course, you will work through four modules of material. These modules are broken down into smaller units. These units will provide you with an understanding of how technology can enhance learning. You will focus on how to analyze trends, evaluate different technologies, review safety, legal, and ethical issues, and then report findings using learning analytics.

Throughout this course, you will find readings, videos, and ungraded practice tests to help deepen your understanding of the content. Engaging with these activities reinforces new learning. It also complements the knowledge you bring to this area of study.

Course Competencies

This course covers the following competencies:

  • The learner analyzes trends and impacts of emerging learning technologies discussed in current professional literature and professional learning networks.
  • The learner evaluates the ability of learning technologies to facilitate the achievement of learning goals, foster deep learning, accommodate individual learning differences, and integrate with learning management systems.
  • The learner analyzes potential safety, legal, and ethical issues when implementing and using learning technologies.
  • The learner analyzes the learning analytics capabilities of learning technologies in order to optimize learning.

Assessment

You must achieve a ranking of Competent on each assessment to pass the course. You may attempt the assessment two times before additional support is necessary. If you require further attempts, please contact your Student Experience Team.

4 Tasks
3 Competency Units

Course Outline

ModuleUpon completion of this module, you will be able to:
Analyzing Trends and Impacts
  • Identify emerging learning technologies. 
  • Examine trends in learning technologies.
  • Predict the impacts of emerging learning technologies.
Evaluating Learning Technologies
  • Differentiate types of learning technologies that are appropriate for an organizational setting.
  • Choose learning technologies that facilitate the achievement of learning goals.
  • Examine learning technologies' ability to accommodate learning differences.
Analyzing Issues 
  • Differentiate between safety, legal, and ethical issues when using learning technologies. 
  • Investigate safety issues that can arise when implementing and using learning technologies. 
  • Investigate legal issues that can arise when implementing and using learning technologies. Identify relevant KPIs to measure success.
  • Investigate ethical issues that can arise when implementing and using learning technologies.
Analyzing Analytics Capabilities
  • Examine data analytic capabilities of learning technologies and learning management systems. 
  • The learner explains how learning analytics can be applied in a professional setting. 

Key Contacts

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Accommodations

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