OTL 674 - Current Issues in Online Learning

Units: 3
Problems and promises of online teaching and learning, including gender, class, and race in online teaching and learning; potential impact of corporate influences on traditional educational paradigms; and the future of both online and on-ground education.

Prerequisites: All of: OTL 601, OTL 602, OTL 603, OTL 604.
Co-requisites: OTL 606.
Equivalent Quarter Course: OTL 6774.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely Online.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Apply relevant theory, experience, and research to a specific issue for a specific audience.
Debate at least two points of view (sides) and the relevant discussions of each with a conclusion that tells the reader why one of the points of view is a better choice.
Examine the role of gender, class, race and disabilities in online teaching and learning.