EDSPX505.TDLSE - Teaching Secondary Transition Digital Literacy Skills to Students with Disabilities – Employment Track

Course Description

Number of Credits: 1

This course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge to teach students with disabilities many of the needed computer skills to excel in a digital world. The goal of digital literacy is to teach and assess digital concepts and skills so that students can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities. Teachers will be exposed to a range of computer technology and how this technology can be taught to students to prepare students to access employment and postsecondary education opportunities. 

Employment Track

The Employment Track will prepare you to teach students the digital literacy skills that they need to find a job.

This track includes the following modules:

1. Introduction to Communicating Online
2. Building your Employment Profile
3. Finding your Next Job
4. Entering the Job Market
5. Following Up

Module Process:

1. View the short introduction video.
2. Complete the pre-module assessment.
3. View the recorded lecture.
4. Complete the post-module assessment.
5. Read/complete the supplementary materials and additional activities.
6. Complete the module quiz.
7. Once you have completed all five modules you will receive access to the following:
   • The introduction videos
   • The online student pretests
   • Teaching material in the form of PowerPoints for all module content
   • All supplemental material/worksheets for students' activities
   • The online student posttest

Instructor Information

Cari Murphy, Ph.D. UI Center on Disabilities and Human Development

Phone - (208)-885-6000
Email - carilee@uidaho.edu

Course Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to teach students how to communicate appropriately online.
2. Participants will learn how to teach students to build an employment profile.
3. Participants will assist students to find jobs online.
4. Participants will identify how to use digital literacy skills to help students enter the job market.  

Required Materials

There are no outside readings or materials required for this course. Supplementary material and handouts for each session are located within the learning modules. 

Course Requirements

1. Participation: Participants are required to log into the course and proceed stepwise through the material to complete all four modules.
2. Quizzes (20 points/quiz): Participants are required to successfully complete a quiz for each module.
3. Survey: Participants are required to complete a satisfaction survey at the end of the course.

Grading

1. This is a Pass/Fail course. Participants must earn an 80% score on all quizzes to pass the course. Quizzes can be retaken until passed.
2. Participants must complete the online course satisfaction survey.

Option for Audit Participation

An audit registration to this course may be requested by emailing the Idaho Training Clearinghouse (itc@uidaho.edu)