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COURSE:

INSTRUCTOR:

LOCATION:

 Flower Memorial Library
Main conference room

DATE-TIME:

 Thursdays, 4:30 - 8:30, 10 weeks beginning September 4

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

 General areas in "technology of education" receive critical examination. They are:

PURPOSE:

 The course is intended to provide upper-division and graduate students in teacher education a detailed overview of the various media and technologies used for instructional purposes and selected concepts and models that drive the use of technology and media in education.

GOALS:

 The goals are to help students, through critical examination, understand:

The course provides opportunities to develop and integrate technology and media into student selected curricula.

OBJECTIVES:

 Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

COURSE METHODOLOGY:

 The class will meet once a week for ten weeks. The duration of each class will be four hours. Each meeting will consist of a lecture including presentations and demonstrations by the instructor, student presentations and discussions of specific "technology in education" topics.

Learniing will be facilitated through:

Extensive use of the Internet will be an integral component of the course.

READINGS:

 Extensive educational technology readings will be required.

All instructor selected readings will be available on the Internet.

Student selected readings will come from a variety of sources including the Internet, ERIC, professional journals, and other sources.

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY REQUIRED:

 Students will be expected to master basic Internet navigation techniques as part of the course requirements. A variety of Internet access computers are available to students at Flower Library, JCC, SUNY Potsdam and most area schools.

PRE-REQUISITES:

 Graduate or upper-division academic standing. Even though out-of-class computer utilization will be a component of the course, there are NO pre-requisite computer skills needed. Special out-of-class workshops will be held for anyone who needs assistance.

COURSE CONTENT:

 This study of "technology of education" will be facilitated through an examination of five broad integrated thematic areas of inquiry.

  1. What are "educational" technologies?

    • Historical perspectives,
    • Current technologies,
    • Future directions.

  2. What are the values of "technology" in the educational process?
    • Learning theory, models and research;
    • Instructional theory, models and research;
    • Technology as "instructional" tools;
    • Technology as "life skill" tools.

  3. Learning the technical skills needed to develop and use specific technologies.

    • Design & development skills,
    • Operational skills,
    • Nurturing a creative aptitude,
    • Student requirements.

  4. What are the economic and social considerations associated with specific technologies?

    • Cost,
    • Security,
    • Copyright,
    • Censorship,
    • Etc.

  5. How is technology effectively integrated into curriculum design?

    • Design criteria,
    • Development,
    • Implementation,
    • Evaluation.

PARTIAL LIST OF COURSE TOPICS:

AECT, AI, assessment of educational technology, ATM, audio production, band width, board and school policies on Internet use, CD-Rom, censorship issues, clients and servers, cognitive science, cost-benefit analysis, curriculum learning technology (CLT), distance learning, electronic books, ERIC on-line, fiber optics, global learning communities, government policy, graphics, HTML, interactive & reactive learning, JAVA, K-12 software selection, learning & instruction theory, laser disc, LAN's, media centers, media equipment, neural nets and learning, project management, protecting students from inappropriate electronic contacts, raster graphics, research, search engines, security, strategies for classroom management of technology, telecommunications, Telecommunications Act of 1996, television production, theory into practice (TIP), using the "net" for educational research, video production, virtual libraries, virtual museums, virtual reality, virtual schools, virtual universities, virus control, web page design and construction, vector graphics, WAN's, WWW, etc.

STUDENT ASSESSMENT & GRADING:

 SUNY Potsdam uses a 4.0 grading structure. Points will be assigned to various assignments during the course to assist the instructor in determining grades.

Grading will be as follows:

The instructor will assess each student's performance in the class based on a series of student papers, presentations, tests, projects and an educational technology portfolio.

Point weights for class activities are as follows: