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TECH330

Communicate and Collaborate Online

Course Description:

The Internet allows individuals and groups to communicate and collaborate in ways never before possible. Develop powerful skills for researching, evaluating and using online educational communication tools. Explore Web 2.0 tools such as Wikis, blogs, and social networking and media sites, as well as e-mail, discussion boards, and videoconferencing, while researching several collaborative classroom projects that use these tools. In this course, you will learn about today’s student and today’s technologies; ways to develop and participate in educational learning networks; and methods for finding, creating, and participating in classroom online collaborative projects. As a final activity, design a dynamic project using electronic resources to bring Internet-based collaboration to a classroom project.

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

For assignments and evaluation details, see the full Syllabus.

Graduate Credit Information:

Graduate credit may be obtained from the provider(s) listed below, for an additional fee after the course begins.

Adams State College - 2.0 credits - pricing

Indiana University - 2.0 credits - pricing

Northwest Nazarene University - 2.0 credits - pricing

Madonna University - 2.0 credits - pricing

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