The use of online platforms as instructional tools for graduate students.
Abstract: For the past several years, graduate students in the Educational Leadership and Technology program and Special Education program at a private suburban university in New York have constructed electronic portfolios, blogs, and webpages as part of their curricular experience. Program faculty provides this experience through the use of full and blended courses offering Moodle as a springboard tool. Our presentation is representative of the types of online platforms that we incorporate at the graduate level to foster meaningful connections between content, theory, and practice. Within our programs we inculcate the advantages and use of technology to facilitate learning and communication within and outside of the classroom.