Expanding Your Professional Learning Network through Social Media - EDU-X748R
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Course Description
Connect, Collaborate with Other Teaching Professionals to Share and Grow Beyond the Classroom
Many educators are utilizing, if not pioneering, creative learning pathways that engage students in social networking to build classroom community and inspire personal growth. However, to what extent do educators harness the full potential of social networks for their own professional growth and development? Leveraging social media in your professional learning network can be transformational. Used intentionally, social networking can provide a venue so rich in information, resources, and support it can revitalize or completely shift your career path. This course will direct you to experience social media as a connected educator, to rethink your digital identities, and to utilize good networking practices for communication and sharing. You will be empowered to practice and reflect upon your use of social networking functions across five major platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. By the end of this course, you will be able to plan, implement, and expand your network with meaningful connections and resources aligned with your goals and interests.
Learner Outcomes
- Explore and actively engage and interact with social media and its use in education
- Create and develop a methodology of communicating with other educational professionals to share classroom activities, lesson plans, resources, concerns, and philosophies, using social networking tools
- Explore and identify how using social media is transforming educators
- Identify and evaluate how social media can support a collaborative teaching environment and collaborative tool for learning
- Discover and explore educational resources and organizations dedicated to the future of education
- Enhance your knowledge and learning experience in the classroom through social media networking
- Create and expand a Professional Learning Network tailored to your own unique and individual professional development needs
Course Details
Number of Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for Grade K-12 educators looking to expand their professional network with others.
Course Materials: None
Applies Towards the Following Certificate(s), Professional Programs and Series
- Beginning Teachers Series : Courses - Enroll in One or More
- Blended Learning Strategies for the Classroom Series : Courses - Choose One or More
- Professional Teachers Program Series : Courses - Enroll in One or More
Online Self-Paced courses are a perfect blend of accessibility, convenience and flexibility for you to control your learning pace. You will use course textbooks, manuals, assignments and exams to learn and earn credit. Depending on the course, you may also use streaming audio and video, CD-ROM, and download embedded materials through the Internet. Communication with your instructor will take place through your course site online. Your instructor will provide feedback via written responses on your assignments and exams. Grades are based on completed projects, assignments and exams. You can register at any time and you will have six months from the time of registration to complete your course.