EDSPX505.TDLSC - Teaching Secondary Transition Digital Literacy Skills to Students with Disabilities – College Track

Course Description

Number of Credits: 1

This course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge to teach students with disabilities many of the needed computer skills to excel in a digital world. The goal of digital literacy is to teach and assess digital concepts and skills so that students can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities. Teachers will be exposed to a range of computer technology and how this technology can be taught to students to prepare students to access employment and  postsecondary education opportunities.

College Track

The College Track will prepare you to teach students the digital literacy skills that they need to select and apply for postsecondary education.

This track includes the following modules:

1. Introduction to Communicating Online
2. Deciding on a Technical Education or College
3. Applying for College and Housing
4. Applying for Financial Aid

Module Process:

1. View the short introduction video.
2. Complete the pre-module assessment.
3. View the recorded lecture.
4. Complete the post-module assessment.
5. Read/complete the supplementary materials and additional activities.
6. Complete the module quiz.
7. Once you have completed all five modules you will receive access to the following:
   • The introduction videos
   • The online student pretests
   • Teaching material in the form of PowerPoints for all module content
   • All supplemental material/worksheets for students' activities
   • The online student posttest

Instructor Information

Cari Murphy, Ph.D. UI Center on Disabilities and Human Development

Phone - (208)-885-6000
Email - carilee@uidaho.edu

Course Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to teach students how to communicate appropriately online.
2. Participants will learn how to use technology to help students decide on postsecondary education
3. Participants will teach student how to apply for college, housing, and financial aid online
4. Participants will identify ways that students can follow up with materials submitted to colleges online 

Required Materials

There are no outside readings or materials required for this course. Supplementary material and handouts for each session are located within the learning modules. 

Course Requirements

1. Participation: Participants are required to log into the course and proceed stepwise through the material to complete all four modules.
2. Quizzes (20 points/quiz): Participants are required to successfully complete a quiz for each module.
3. Survey: Participants are required to complete a satisfaction survey at the end of the course.

Grading

1. This is a Pass/Fail course. Participants must earn an 80% score on all quizzes to pass the course. Quizzes can be retaken until passed.
2. Participants must complete the online course satisfaction survey.