Instructional Technology Courses
Doctoral Level Courses
An examination of advanced applications of current and emerging instructional
technological applications in a variety of settings and in the context
of various fields of study and job environments. Technologies and applications
addressed in current course include computers, the Internet, presentation
media, and multimedia. Cognitive, product, and skill competencies are
included. Cognitive competencies are integrated into product and skills
evaluations. Products are required to reflect some competencies, while
skills competencies are either observed directly or inferred from the
products.
Applied to Technological Instruction Advanced theory and applications
of educational technology, including the effects of technology on thinking
and learning, and the effects of technology in problem solving and other
higher-level thinking skills. The course examines current research on
computerized learning (CAI, simulation, and tutorials) and other relevant
topics such as virtual reality, games and gaming theory, hypertext (design
and comprehension), presentation software, groupware for cooperative
learning, and telecommunications (distant and/or distributed learning).
Designed to develop basic knowledge and skills for electronic instructional
design -- analysis, design, production, evaluation, and revision --
for specific electronic projects.
Designed to explore design, layout, and installation of local and wide
area networks. Addresses topologies, ethernet standards, physical layer,
network operating software, data-link layer, file server, network cards,
hubs, peripherals, routers, and other network operations.
Prepares students with knowledge and skills in methods of distance education,
which incorporates telecommunications and computer technology to instruct
students at remote locations or to serve as an adjunct to classroom
instruction. The technology used includes telephony, cable television,
satellite communications, videocassettes, videoconferencing, computer-mediated
instruction, and/or online computer communication via the Internet.
Prepares students with knowledge and skills in modeling, simulation,
testing, or analysis or training in real-world contexts using interactive
multimedia processes.
Intended for students who have had some prior programming experience;
otherwise, students will need to develop competencies prior to taking
this course. Issues include matching the capabilities of the medium
to the intellectual structure of the subject, who directs the interaction
between human and computer; the size of the intellectual field; and
pedagogical concerns in choosing the operations of a software environment.
Students are expected to design and complete a project at the end of
the course.
Provides a critical analysis of technology, focusing on ways it affects
society and schooling. Provides analysis of technology's role in informing/reforming
educational practices, policies, and theory.
Prerequisites: BCT 531,
and either BCT 532 or BCT 533 or permission of instructor. Students
pursue individual research in the program in educational computer technology;
they are required to implement, analyze, and report findings in APA
format.
Prerequisite: CAT 531, CAT 532. Application course dealing with the
use of graphics in learning, including implications for designing materials
for education and training applications. Core of course is student's
individual product development and research.
An introductory course for teacher educators in the fundamentals of
computer applications for educational use. It covers historical and
social contexts of computer development, fundamentals in computer systems,
Macintosh and DOS, configuring hardware, and the use of word-processing,
database, and spreadsheet software applications for personal productivity
and educational uses.
Prerequisite: BCT 531. The course focuses on the educational applications
of emerging chronologies, including Internet, fax, bulletin boards,
voice mail, and networks. Students will use electronic mail and transfer
files through Internet. Production skills are required in desktop publishing
and use of graphics, including draw and paint programs and animation.
A significant part of the course concerns production in hypermedia software.
Also, students will engage in the uses of telecommunications other than
computer, such as one-way interactive satellite class, two-way video
phone course sequence transmission, and two-way IITS instructional event.
Prerequisite: CAT 532. This course is a culminating course that will
involve the production of technological pieces and uses of existing
technologies for the development of learning activities appropriate
for the student's grade level and subject matter.
Study of current issues and trends affecting educational computing.
Examines emerging technologies; legal, social and ethical issues affecting
technology; technology funding and grants; technology planning; professional
development; and multicultural issues.
Prerequisites: BCT 531, and either BCT 532 or BCT 533. Students pursue
individual research in the program in educational computer technology;
they are required to implement, analyze, and report findings in APA
format.
Fundamentals of computer use in education, including software applications,
keyboard functions, peripherals, utilities, and software.
Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or above in CS 110 or BCT 100.
Computer applications in education. Includes problem solving using hardware
and software.
Prerequisites: BCT 300 and grade of "C" or above in CS 110
or BCT 100. Application of IBM computer technology to modules of instruction
via CAI (drill and practice, tutorial, simulations, and problem solving).