Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2026 - EDUC 816 G032

Developing Educational Programs and Practices for Diverse Educational Settings (5)

Class Number: 4316

Delivery Method: Online

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 7, 2026: TBA, TBA
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Investigates theories and issues associated with developing educational programs and practices in various educational contexts. Addresses the development of new programs and their implementation in schools and other educational settings.

COURSE DETAILS:

Teaching and learning in an algorithmic culture is the first course of the six course + Capstone M. Ed in Digital Literacies and New Media (online). Each course in this program orients to a “wicked question”; the question guiding this course is What does it mean to teach and learn in an algorithmic culture? The course is designed in arc moving from conceptions of technology over time, to problems and critiques of technologies in contemporary ‘algorithmic’ classrooms and communities, toward possible, more just techno-futures. Thinking with sociotechnical perspectives that “view society and technology together as one coherent system” (Data & Society, 2026), we engage ethnographic, experiential and case study activities to a) explore our relationships with technologies b) examine their patriarchal, racial and colonial politics and c) critically analyse practices of datafication, and platformization in classrooms. Indigenous and decolonizing perspectives allow us to unravel stories of inevitability, and promises of efficiency to re-imagine techno-human relationality.

Meeting Dates:

Tuesdays, September 15 to December 1

Meeting Times:

5:00pm - 7:30pm plus 3 hours group and individual experiential work during the week

Meeting Location:

Online and on Canvas

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Develop a collaborative and collegial course learning environment;

Locate techno-social relationships in our lives and educational practice;

Develop familiarity and fluency with key moments, thinkers and ideas related to digital technologies and algorithmic cultures;

Critique and analyse digital technologies in the classroom through Indigenous, decolonial and relational perspectives;

Develop academic, multimodal and digital composition skills;

Generate ideas and insights to support critical and relational approaches to digital literacies in educational practice.

Grading

  • My life with technology: An auto-ethnography of your (changing) relationship with technologies – draft (10%) and final (30%) 40%
  • Group inquiry. A meta-case study of teaching and learning at the nexus of Canvas-Zoom platformization 35%
  • Leading group conversations: article-resource presentation 25%

NOTES:

Assignments are graded as both drafts and final products and may be included in a capstone portfolio project. 

Course policy on AI:  The course policy on AI will conform to SFU guidelines. We will co-create a course policy that reflects our relationships with AI and the ethics and literacies of algorithmic culture in education to which we aspire.

REQUIREMENTS:

Attendance in the synchronous group meetings is expected and necessary for course progress; in addition to these course meetings, participants should plan for at least 2-3 hours of group and individual inquiry and experiential activities, and 2-3 hours of reading and meeting preparation.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Course materials are available in the SFU library and on Canvas, which will operate as our course resource-discussion hub.

REQUIRED READING:

A reading list will be posted on Canvas in August.


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

To learn more about the academic disciplinary process and relevant academic supports, visit: 


RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.