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As you can tell, the Online Course Development team has been busy and we want to share our excitement with you!
During the Sakai implementation, we continued our efforts to improve our existing courses while developing additional course offerings. After all, that is our goal for PLS! Over the past two weeks, you’ve heard about Classroom Management (CM) and Merging Educational Goals and Interactive Multimedia (MEGA), the updates and improvements you can anticipate, as well as, two new courses that will launch in June, Simulations and Gaming Technologies in the Classroom (SGT) and Reading Across the Curriculum (RAC).
But wait! That’s not all! Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility (STAR) and Teaching Through Learning Channels (TTLC) have also undergone extreme makeovers (and improvements)! The Designers and Subject Matter Experts were able to revamp the content of both courses to achieve a more interactive and engaging learning experience while maintaining the integrity of the courses. Would you expect any less of PLS?!
Looking ahead, three new courses are currently in development and plans are to offer them for Field Test in the fall. We’ll share more about these courses in the pending months, but I thought you might be interested in knowing more. The three courses are:
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Thinking Mathematically: Elementary Edition
- Foundations of Literacy: Beginning Reading
So what’s next? An Online Task Force submitted seven course proposals to the PLS Board for consideration. Two of those proposals were approved and negotiations with potential Subject Matter Experts are in the works.
As you know, our goal in Online Course Development is to create a variety of high quality courses that are interactive, collaborative and engaging for PLS students. We are interested in your thoughts about how well we are meeting this goal and ideas you have for additional courses or revisions. We want to hear from you!
