What is the E2 Program?
The Empowered Educator Program (E 2) is an online curriculum that is aligned to the seven ISTE Standards for Educators. This online curriculum contains a pre-test, seven modules, and a post-test. The entire curriculum can be found in a Blackboard course, to which you will receive access once you enter the teacher preparation program. All teacher candidates in all programs will be given access to the E 2 curriculum.
The entire curriculum can be completed across 2-4 semesters, depending on your program of study. See the sections below to find out how the program will be paced.
The Digital Pedagogy Evaluation
To determine your background knowledge of digital pedagogy and the seven ISTE standards, you will first complete the Digital Pedagogy Evaluation, a 7-part test that can be completed online, at your own pace.
This diagnostic test is knowledge- and scenario-based, which asks you not just to know certain key terms, but also to be able to identify the best practices in a scenario. Each part of the test is 10 or 11 questions long, for a total of 72 questions.
You will take this test again once you complete the modules in order to determine how far your knowledge and skills have grown.
The Program Modules and Professional Development
The program modules represent the curriculum created to support and grow your learning in digital pedagogy. Each of the seven modules are online and self-paced. While they can be completed in any order, we recommend you start with the Learner or the Citizen. The table below provides a description of each module, as well as the professional development rewards you gain from each of them.
The Module | Objective | Assessment and PD Credit |
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The Learner |
The teacher learner seeks to explore resources in order to improve practice and stay current with digital pedagogy research. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Explorer Badge. |
The Learner |
The teacher leader seeks to be an advocate of digital pedagogy in order to empower students in their learning. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Advocate Badge. |
The Citizen |
The teacher citizen seeks to contribute in positive ways in online environments, as well as guiding students to be contributors themselves. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Contributor Badge. |
The Collaborator |
The teacher as co-learner seeks to partner with students and other colleagues in order to create real world learning experiences through digital pedagogies. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Co-Learner Badge. |
The Designer |
The teacher designer seeks to innovate teaching and learning through digital pedagogy instructional design that engages all students. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Innovator Badge. |
The Facilitator |
The teacher facilitator seeks to challenge critical and creative thinking through digital pedagogy and digital environments |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Challenger Badge. |
The Analyst. |
The teacher assessor seeks to use data to investigate better ways of assessing students through digital pedagogy practices. |
Completing the module with 80% success or better will earn you the Assessor Badge. |
The Modules in your Teacher Preparation Program Courses
The seven modules have been paced so that you can also receive some credit in your courses, in addition to receiving credit in your teacher preparation program. Therefore, you complete the modules as you are enrolled in the courses below:
Empowered Educator Program Courses
Welcome to your future as an Empowered Educator!