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Equity in the Digital Classroom
Online and Blended Learning, Curriculum Strategies, Equity | K-12
Adding an online learning component to your instruction presents many challenges, not the least of which is providing an equitable experience for all learners. Some student populations are more at risk of falling behind than others, and teachers are often at a loss for how to keep these students engaged and on track in a digital space.
In this course, you’ll take a deep dive into the “digital divide” that can develop when education moves online. Not every student experiences online learning in the same way or with the same supports in place, so we’ll examine the challenges for different student populations, including low-income and homeless students, struggling learners, English language learners, and students who experience mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, or ADHD. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to address these issues of inequity, including targeted strategies to help you bridge the digital divide and create an even playing field for all students.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a roadmap for how to plan an equitable learning experience for all your students regardless of how much or how little technology you use in your classroom.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Define the “digital divide” that occurs in online learning
- Discover which students are most at-risk of falling behind in the digital learning platform
- Examine best practices in teaching ALL students in this format
- Determine what will work within your own classroom
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Examine equity in online learning and the “digital divide” that occurs between individual students among groups of students.
- Determine who is most at-risk among your population of students to fall behind in learning that is done online.
- Evaluate best practices to avoid inequity in online learning.
- Implement skills and strategies to facilitate highly engaging online learning to bridge the digital divide.
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- Train your staff in as little as eight hours or delve deeper into complex topics in our longer courses.
- Replace in-person PD days with 100% online, self-paced training teachers can complete virtually.
- Get PD tailored to your school's unique needs with our customizable content and flexible solutions.
- Offer higher education rigor and quality designed to give your teachers targeted, relevant training they can apply immediately.
- Increase buy-in and morale by providing teacher choice while maintaining school/district oversight and strategic alignment.
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We intentionally plan and build our course offerings to solve real problems in education. We regularly update our existing catalog and develop new courses based on schools’ needs, trends in K–12 education, and continual feedback from educators. Depending on your needs, you can train your staff in as little as eight hours with our short courses, or delve into complex topics in our longer ones.
Our course writers are content experts with extensive subject matter credentials and classroom experience. They work closely with our development team to build an experience that is relevant, highly practical, and aligned with industry standards. Courses are not just filled with innovative techniques, but also illustrate how to apply these tools in practice. With each course, teachers develop tangible products such as lesson plans or assessments that they can use immediately in their classrooms.
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