EDU 711 Seminar Advanced Educational Tech Leader

3 credits

Students will expand and refine an understanding of leadership with a focus on educational technology tools, programs, and initiatives in the pre-K through 12 school system and beyond.  Students will read and work through cases that highlight multiple and complex educational technology leadership (ETL) concepts.  Through multiple modes of experiential learning, students will broaden their ETL awareness, increase their ability to engage in ETL strategic planning, and prepare to demonstrate ethical leadership and decision-making. By course completion, students will improve their ability to serve school stakeholders and affect positive change through ETL strategies for implementation in coordination with Culturally Relevant Sustaining Education (CRSE) competencies and NU RISES values.

Topics include:  strategic planning, leadership styles, institutional change processes, policy issues, social media, web tools, digital fluency, networks and connections, ethics, AI, and ADA.