VRED 210 - The Learner in a Virtual/Online Environment

(3 credits)
This course will support the knowledge and skills necessary in preparing participants to select, adapt and design course work for understanding the online student learner in the K-12 classroom. It is designed to teach the instructor to understand the motivations and learning needs of a student who pursues virtual/online learning. The course will teach instructors to evaluate and/or assess learner issues as they affect virtual environment and online learners, including: locus of control (internal/external), the effect of synchronous and asynchronous learning formats on pupil learning, etiological implications of giftedness, processing disorders, chronic conditions and emotional disorders. Offered annually.