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This course introduces postsecondary educators to Learning Sciences Education as the conceptual framework for both understanding how people learn and designing effective learning experiences. The course applies research-informed instructional design and technology-based pedagogies to curriculum development projects in the degree candidates’ own areas of professional specialization. The integrative concept of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPCK) is used as a framework to encourage introspection focused on the candidates’ own curriculum design practices. Quality assurance processes are introduced in relation to national standards for effective instructional design in online courses. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

This course explores the experience of teaching in undergraduate and graduate college settings, emphasizing core assumptions about helping students learn, reflecting critically on teaching practice, observing student learning experiences, and sustaining respect for students as adults. The course also prompts educators to examine practices common to college teaching across disciplines and levels, including lecturing, organizing groups for learning, planning project-based assignments, teaching culturally diverse students, incorporating creativity in courses, co-teaching, and teaching in blended and online settings. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

PTIL 625 supports doctoral candidates who take 1 SH to write a Concept Paper as an early stage of planning a dissertation project. Also taken near the end of the of the program for an additional 1 SH, the course provides a forum for completing the final components of the dissertation. The course will emphasize developing good dissertation writing practices and finding scholarly voice. Candidates will analyze exemplars and use course assignments for incremental development of essential components of the dissertation. 2 sh required. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 1 semester hour

PTIL 691 organizes doctoral candidates’ postsecondary internship work in the Ed.D. degree in Teaching and Learning with a major in Postsecondary Teaching and Instructional Leadership. Candidates in this program and major work as educators in postsecondary institutions and pursue internship activities related to their content area specializations and postsecondary job roles. Candidates’ internship work is supervised by an advising professor and a cooperating Subject Matter Expert related to the content area specialization. Internship projects may include work as a visiting academician, shadowing or co-teaching with the Subject Matter Expert or other colleagues, engaging in collaborative scholarship focused on research or grant activity, service work on special projects focused on institutional improvement, community engagement work within the academy, or leadership work on behalf of college student services or programs. Internship activities are documented within the candidates’ leadership portfolio and curriculum vitae. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 1-8 semester hours