About this course: An investigation of the dimensions of learner diversity: material (class, locale), corporeal (age, race, sex and sexuality, and physical and mental characteristics) and symbolic (culture, language, gender, family, affinity and persona). Examines social-cultural theories of difference, as well as considering alternative responses to these differences in educational settings - ranging from broad, institutional responses to specific pedagogical responses within classes of students. The course also focuses on the application of learning technologies and new media to meet the needs of diverse populations of learners. Its main practical question is, how do we use educational technologies to create learning environments in which learning experiences can be customized and calibrated to meet the precise needs of particular learners? Topics include: universal design for learning, differentiated instruction systems, and adaptive and personalized learning environments.
Created by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Taught by: Dr William Cope, Professor
Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, College of Education
Taught by: Dr Mary Kalantzis, Dean
College of Education
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
COURSE ORIENTATION + Learner Differences
This opening module gets participants started in the course, and introduces some key ideas about the social context of learner differences.
6 videos, 6 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Leyendo: Syllabus
- Leyendo: Task Overview: How to Pass This Course
- Leyendo: About the Discussion Forums
- Cuestionario de práctica: Orientation Quiz
- Leyendo: Take this Course as a Stepping Stone for a University of Illinois Certificate, Masters, or Doctorate - Fully Online!
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Getting to Know Your Classmates
- Leyendo: Updating Your Profile
- Leyendo: Social Media
- Video: Learner Identities
- Video: Human Movement
- Video: Nation Building and the Dynamics of Diversity
- Video: Productive Diversity
- Video: Meeting the Challenge of the New Xenophobia
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Essential Update #1
Graded: Essential Peer Reviewed Update #1
WEEK 2
Diversity in US Education and Differences in Theory
In this module, we examine some specifics of learner diversity in the US context, then some general concepts in a theory of learner differences.
10 videos, 1 reading
- Video: Changing US Demographics
- Video: Challenges Moving Forward
- Video: Social and Educational Benefits of Diversity
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Optional Update #2
- Revisión por el compañero: Optional Peer Reviewed Update #2
- Video: Introduction to the Issues of Learner Differences
- Video: Categorical Differences
- Video: Negotiating Categorical Differences
- Video: Differences in Practice: the Roma Example
- Video: Problems with the Categories of Difference
- Video: Lifeworld Differences
- Leyendo: Readings on differences teachers and learners encounter
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Essential Update #3
Graded: Essential Peer Reviewed Update #3
WEEK 3
Should Education be a Right?
In this module, we focus on the US case, first with an historical analysis of the emergence of public education, then with a case study of Asian Americans.
13 videos
- Video: The School in Colonial Massachusetts
- Video: The School in Colonial North and South Carolina
- Video: Thomas Jefferson and Schools After the American Revolution
- Video: Benjamin Rush and Noah Webster on the Role of Schools in Society
- Video: First Federal Initiatives in Public Education
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Optional Update #4
- Revisión por el compañero: Optional Peer Reviewed Update #4
- Video: Chronology of Public Schooling in the US
- Video: Historical Exclusions to Citizenship
- Video: Arguing for Public Schooling and Social Equality
- Video: Framing Asian Americans
- Video: The Japanese-American Internment Experience
- Video: The Model Minority Myth
- Video: Supporting Academic Achievement
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Essential Update #5
Graded: Essential Peer Reviewed Update #5
WEEK 4
Postcolonial Theory and Education + The Inclusive School
This final module in the course takes an international perspective on issues of social diversity and learning, then addresses the agenda of developing an inclusive education.
8 videos, 1 reading
- Video: Rethinking Center/Periphery
- Video: Postcolonial Aesthetics in Theory
- Video: Practices of Postcolonial Aesthetics (1)
- Video: Practices of Postcolonial Aesthetics (2)
- Video: Educational Implications of Postcolonialism
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Optional Update #6
- Revisión por el compañero: Optional Peer Reviewed Update #6
- Video: The Responsibilities of Educators
- Video: The Inclusive School
- Leyendo: Inclusive Education - Further resources
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion Forum: Essential Update #7
Graded: Essential Peer Reviewed Update #7
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