Course Goal
Learners will identify and incorporate constructivist theories to create and implement significant digital learning environments.
Learning Outcomes:
Aligning learning outcomes/goals with activities and assessment:
| Learning Goals | Assessment Activities | Learning Activities |
| Foundational Learners will analyze how a shift to a more holistic view of learning can bring about a change in our learning environments. |
Reflection on New Culture of Learning
Discussion |
Review & discuss the Creating Significant Learning Environment Resources.
Read New Culture of Learning |
| Application Learners will analyze and evaluate student-centered digital learning environments, theories and approaches and will develop a personal learning philosophy. |
Annotated Bibliography
Learning Philosophy
Discussion |
Review, articles, videos and other resources on student-centered and digital learning.
We can add additional videos and articles to the resources site. |
| Integration Stage 1
Learners will analyze their learning environments and determine situational factors that will impact learning and develop an outcome-based course design that aligns outcomes, activities, and assessment. |
Learning environment and situational factors outline
Learning goals outline
Discussion |
Read Fink’s, Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning and complete the related planning documents. |
| Integration Stage 2 Learners will develop a competency-based course design for a student-centered significant digital learning environment. |
Course/program plan
Discussion |
Develop a plan for creating a student-centered significant digital learning environment. This can be a course/program plan, a term plan or other authentic project. |
| Human Dimensions/Caring Learners will analyze the role a growth mindset has on creating effective learning environments. |
Reflective application of Dweck’s mindset theory to significant learning environments.
Discussion |
Read Carol Dweck’s, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success |
| Learning How to Learn Learners will locate, evaluate and compile web-based resources, and point to experts and communities that will help them to develop and grow their significant digital learning environment. |
Portfolio Blog | Develop a Blog that will enable you to compile the resources that you need to identify significant digital learning environment opportunities and also where you can reflectively blog about these resources. |
