The need to support multiple locations (including globalization) and distance learning for organizations (e.g., universities, internal and external education/training departments) has been recognized as important for decades. However, the coronavirus pandemic has made it an essential component for the successful development (education, training) of candidates (e.g., students, internal and external staff). In addition, today’s fast paced dynamic workplace environment has driven the need to provide flexible any-time any-place education/training, as well as the digitization of all administrative processes.
This certificate prepares organizations (e.g., managers, teachers, administrators) to be effective educators/trainers in today's multi-location global environment that leverages emerging information technologies.
While the Technology Enabled Learning Certificate focuses on the use of IT to enhance teaching, the strategic, tactical, and operational elements across the entire campus value chain will also be addressed.
1. Academic & Learning support
a. Adaptive Learning
b. Special needs students access a more equitable education
c. Early Childhood Education
d. Writing: helping students improve their writing skills
e. Lesson Planning
f. Language Learning
g. Test Prep
2. School Management
a. Classroom/Behavior Management
b. Classroom Audio-Visual
c. Student- Parent-Teacher Communication
d. Student, Faculty, & Staff Assessment
e. Learning Management Systems
f. Gamification for Enhanced Student Engagement
g. Staff Scheduling and Substitute Management
h. Professional Development
i. Transportation
j. Building and Equipment Maintenance and management
(e.g., power, Wi-Fi and water services)
k. Finance & Budget Management
l. Cybersecurity
m. Safety and Security
n. Records Management
o. Scheduling
3. Higher Education:
a. Plagiarism Detection
b. Exam Integrity
c. Chatbots for Enrollment and Retention
d. Learning Management Systems
e. Transcription of Faculty Lectures
f. Enhanced Online Discussion Boards
g. Analyzing Student Success Metrics
h. Academic Research
i. Connected Campuses
Universities and colleges around the world are experiencing declining enrollment, rising costs, costly digital and technological advancements, reduced government funding, and changing student preferences. All of these factors contribute to increased financial vulnerability and implementing urgent, strategic measures are vital to course correct the fiscal trajectory of higher education institutions.
At the same time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies and practices are rapidly shaping the evolving future of teaching and learning, envisioning a number of scenarios and implications for the new generations of higher education students as well as faculty.
The four (4) course descriptions for this Certificate are:
(All courses are available live/synchronously
face-to-face & online)
Course goals and content are designed to enable organizations (e.g., managers, teachers) to define strategies and plans to deploy education/training initiatives (e.g., technical training, management and skills development) and associated administration processes through the effective utilization of various delivery models and approaches; especially online, leveraging emerging digital technologies like AI. The course focuses on the process for analyzing the objectives of the training/education programs, and defining specific organizational strategies, while designing effective plans for current/emerging technology utilization, including synchronous and asynchronous education/training initiatives and models like:
Topics & concepts:
This course focuses on preparing for the differences in language, culture, and perspectives when defining international and interorganizational (e.g., business/management versus IT/technical) education/training programs. Course topics & concepts:
This course provides processes for the development and facilitation of project/process-based learning experiences, to enhance training/education effectiveness. The teaching and learning of high-level thinking processes including problem solving, creative thinking, communications, collaboration, teamwork, and constructive critical thinking is perhaps one of the most difficult levels of competency to achieve in any organization. This course helps managers and teachers design and implement customized case studies to train/educate employees/students/candidates. The case studies provide environments for the development and evaluation of these process skills, utilizing the company’s content.
Course topics & concepts:
This course provides methods and project-oriented experiences, enabling managers and master trainers to educate their sub-groups in facilitation methods for managing transition and change within the organizational structure. Most often, it’s not the change itself that defeats a new technology implementation, nor new methods, skill sets or the flexibility required to change the workforce’s thinking – it’s the transition from losing a known skill set, to the new company mission/goals, which have not been acquired or mastered. This program helps companies with training organizations to develop the capacity for change, helping employees and administrators to acquire new skills critical for their company’s success.
Course topics & concepts:
As education organizations accelerate the digital transformation of their industry, they are focusing their investments in leveraging information technology to improve student outcomes, improve the quality of programs and research, and lower overall costs. In today’s highly regulated, increasingly resource-constrained, and cost-focused environment it is essential to understand how to effectively and efficiently manage an organization’s information technology (IT) resources. There are numerous strategic, tactical, and operational choices to be made about managing Education IT resources and it is essential to ensure that IT and non-IT executives across the organization work in harmony.
Experience has made it clear that education organizations need well-conceived organizational structures, skills, processes, and decision rights to ensure that IT investments are appropriately leveraged across the organization, especially when considering the impact of emerging information technologies.
This course prepares education executives/professionals by providing a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental decisions related to the management of IT resources in the education environment. The course will also provide an overview of current and future relevant education information technologies and their potential impact on students, faculty, administrative organizations and associated stakeholders.
The course is designed to be delivered live/synchronously (face-to-face or online) with a total of twenty (20) contact hours. While the schedule is flexible, it is usually delivered in approximately ten (10) 2-hour modules/lectures/sessions.
The IT-Education topics include: