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    "Online Academy"


Instructions: Go to http://neiu.blackboard.com.

1. Create a new account at blackboard
2. Click on the "Course Catalog" icon found on the main page.
3. Click on "College of Education" once you are on the course catalog page.
4. About 10-items down on the page is a course entitled: "Online Academy"

5. Enroll in the course.
6. Note: Within each of these sections are self contained modules that students are able to complete online without the interaction of an instructor.
7. About the "Online Academy": The Online Academy content includes three sections: Positive Behavior Support, Reading, and Technology.


   Within each of these sections are self contained modules that students are able to complete online without the interaction of an instructor. The Online Academy develops web-based modules and other technology innovations for moving validated educational interventions from research to practice.

   The resources are designed to empower teacher educators in the areas of Reading, Technology, and Positive Behavioral Support. The Online Academy, at the University of Kansas, is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education to support preservice teacher education programs nationwide.

List of modules:
  POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT MODULES
  Module 1: Foundations of PBS
Module 2: Functional Assessment
Module 3: Development & Implementation of PBS Plans
Module 4: Intervention Strategies Part I
Module 5: Intervention Strategies Part II
Module 6: Redesigning Environmental Systems
Module 7: Creating Positive Lifestyles
 
  READING MODULES
  Module 0: Overview of Learning & Reading Disabilities
Module 1: Beginning Word Reading
Module 2: Advanced Word Reading & Developing Fluency
Module 3: Basic Principles in Reading Comprehension
Module 4: Building Background Knowledge for Reading Comprehension
Module 5: Analyzing Text to Enable Comprehension
  TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION MODULES
  Module 1: Learning Technology
Module 2: Writing Technology
Module 3: Reading Technology
Module 4: Language & Technology
Module 5: Mathematics & Technology
Module 6: Data Driven Instructional Decision-Making
Module 7: Exceptionality & Technology
 
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