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NDEO's OPDI has created over 40 courses since 2012, although some courses have been retired or combined to create a new course. Below is a list of our current courses grouped by track. Click on Download OPDI Course Catalog below to see full course information.
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Arts Integration
Assessments
Choreography
Genres
History
Kinesiology, Neuroscience, & Movement Analysis
Leadership and Administration
Music for Dance
Pedagogy and Teaching Methods
Research
Standards
OPDI-115: Dance Integration: Re-Envisioning the Creative Process
OPDI-103: Foundations for Assessments in Dance
OPDI-M3: Rubrics and Portfolio Assessments in Dance
OPDI-M8: Designing Model Cornerstone Assessments
OPDI-106: Choreographic Explorations in Dance Since 1953
ODPI-119: Motif Notation Literacy through the Language of Dance® Approach: Your Move, Your Choreography
OPDI-122: Celebrating Voices of Contemporary Choreographers: Applications to Teaching, Learning, & Appreciation
OPDI-M9: Choreographic Sharing and Explorations – School, Studio, and Personal
OPDI-M18: Introduction to Choreography in Dance Education: a Process to Teach Your Students How to Create Dances
OPDI-M19: Dance Stagecraft and Production
OPDI-M7: Ballet Theory and Composition
OPDI-M12: Jazz Dance Theory and Practice
OPDI-M13: Modern Dance Theory and Composition
OPDI-102: Dance History 1800 to the Present
OPDI-111 ab: Dance History – Global, Cultural and Historical Considerations
OPDI-110: Dance Kinesiology and Applied Teaching Practices
OPDI-M10: Movement Behavior Analysis and Profiling in Dance
OPDI-116: Harkness Center for Dance Injuries: The Applied Science of Dancer Health and Injury Prevention
OPDI-123: The Dancing Brain
OPDI-117: Developing Strategic Leadership in Dance and Life
OPDI-121: Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education
OPDI-M5: Writing Successful Funding Proposals
OPDI-M21: Building an Online Dance Course: Process. Product and Student Engagement
OPDI-M22: Using Dance Pedagogic Content Knowledge (PCK) to Drive Programmatic and Self Growth
OPDI-120: Music Theory & Applications for the Dance Teacher (this is a newer course that combined the two 6-week music courses of M14 and M17)
OPDI-107: Creative Dance in Early Childhood
OPDI-113: Foundations of Dance Pedagogy
OPDI-114: Teaching Dance to Students with Disabilities
OPDI-118: Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) Essentials
OPDI-M1: Dance Pedagogy – Learning Styles and Theories
OPDI-M2: Elements of Dance
OPDI-M4: Developmental Domains in Dance
OPDI-M6: Introduction to Creative Dance for Early Childhood
OPDI-M20: Integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into Dance Curriculum
OPDI-M23: Creating an Ethics and Pedagogy of Teaching with(out) Touch
OPDI-105: Introduction to Dance Education Research Standards/Portfolio
OPDI-101: Introduction to the Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts (PTSDA)
OPDI-112: Implementing the New National Core Arts Standards in Dance
OPDI-201: Professional Portfolio Development using the Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts (PTSDA)