Professional Learning Courses
EOP offers a variety of course based learning opportunities with engaging topics and relevant curriculum.
Self-advocacy is integral to the life-long success of students with disabilities. Self-advocacy training is a critical element that assists students in making a smooth transition from high school to post-secondary education. This course prepares special education professionals to teach a competency-based curriculum in self-advocacy for students with disabilities, using the Becoming a Self-Advocate curriculum. Available online in credit and noncredit formats.
Designed for teachers, staff, and administrators practicing in schools that serve English learners. Learn with an online community how to engage with English learners and examine current research and theory on English instruction. Available in credit and noncredit formats.
Are you excited about technology, but a little overwhelmed by the extensive amount of resources? Ready to think of technology as a tool and not as end goal? Looking for choice and flexibility? Then this approach to rethinking the web is for you.
Culturally relevant instruction is as much about the beliefs that support practice as it is about instructional choices. In this course we will explore the key ideas of culturally relevant instruction and discuss how to impliment them into the classroom.
Videogames have become one of the hottest topics in media, education, and technology. Examine the benefits and drawbacks of this digital gameplay, covering everything from game design to the development of historical understanding in games like Civilization, from socialization in massively multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft to issues of violence and racial representation in titles like Grand Theft Auto.
Examine the role of virtual worlds in today's society from disciplines as diverse as psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, media studies, and education, highlighting the import of this research for understanding thinking and learning, on the one hand, and the structure and function of schooling, on the other.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison stresses the importance of an international perspective in university education and aims to develop the global competence of students. This course introduces students to the origins, development and debates in the field of Globalization and Education.