EDIT 642 - The Online Academy

EDIT 642 - This one credit hour course is designed to develop students' knowledge about GMU's virtual high school program, The Online Academy. The course will focus on the design model that structures online courses with particular attention to the role of representative problems, performances of understanding, communities/fields of practice, and online mentors. Students will role play a virtual high school students and complete one learning module as well as role play a virtual high school student supporting an adolescent online learner. From these role playing experiences, students will come to understand the structure and interactions embedded in the design model.