Technology for Teaching and Learning at TRU – 2023

PIDP 2023

Technology for Teaching and Learning at TRU

Sept. 13 – Nov. 22, 2023
Wednesdays, 6-8 pm
Course Materials at PIDP2023.trubox.ca

Course Instructors

Jamie Drozda, M.E.T.
jdrozda@tru.ca

Brenna Clarke Gray, PhD
bgray@tru.ca

Melanie Latham, MEd
mlatham@tru.ca

Course Description

In this eleven-week program, participants will have the opportunity to explore a wide range of technologies available to support teaching and learning at TRU including: WordPress, H5P, Sli.do and Twine. Participants will uncover ethical issues and other considerations regarding using technology in the classroom and will learn how to ensure the technology they use is accessible and why accessible technology is important. Participants will be encouraged to learn by doing; emphasis will be on creating materials and learning experiences which should be for use in their current or future teaching practice.

Course Goals

By the end of Technology for Teaching and Learning at TRU, participants will be able to:

  • Demonstrate competence when working in WordPress
  • Describe why technology is a useful aspect of teaching and learning.
  • Explain alternative assessment practice.
  • Identify ethical considerations in selecting and using learning technologies.
  • Implement organizational design strategies in PowerPoint and Moodle. 
  • Integrate technology into their statement of teaching philosophy
  • Examine teaching tools such as Slido, H5P, and Twine.
  • Develop learning objects for deployment in their own courses.
  • Explore the use of a Grading Contract and compose Self-Evaluations.

Course Delivery and Design

The course is delivered on-line via Big Blue Button. The class meets for two hours on Wednesday evenings, and additional contact time is provided through drop-in technical support and office hours. Course materials are hosted on WordPress, and all students will be responsible for building and maintaining a WordPress portfolio themselves.

The primary mechanism for learning in this course is by testing out the tools and working with them hands-on. There will be some assigned readings for discussion.

Course Outline

The attached PDF will open in a new tab: PIDP Syllabus 2023

PIDP2023-Syllabus

A website like Unsplash is a good place to go to find interesting images that you can use freely on your own website. The one on this site is by Dayne Topkin. Make sure you give credit when you do make use of someone else’s work.