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Department of Educational Technology
Educational Technology Graduate Courses for T.E.A.M.
EDT 700 Fundamentals of Computers in Education
Students in this course become proficient in word processing,
database creation/management, spreadsheet creation/management, presentations,
and telecommunications. These applications also are the vehicles
for introducing students to the general operation of computers,
operating systems, terminology and the flow of information through
these systems. The idea of computers as the "knowledge tools"
for the educator is discussed and experienced through the above
applications.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 705 Advanced Applications of Computers in Education
This course is designed to assist students who have been introduced
to the basic tool software of word processing, spreadsheet, database
management, presentations, and telecommunications to gain greater
skills in their use and application to education. The course presents
advanced topics in preparing documents, as well as a continuing
dialogue concerning the implications for the use of these tools
in a classroom setting. An introduction to telecommunications is
included.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 718 Telecommunications for the Educator: Applications and
Methods in Educational Settings
This course addresses the rapid growth and development of telecommunications
within educational settings. It includes instruction in the installation
and use of hardware and software. Much of this course addresses
the implications of this technology in school settings and explores
the varied uses, especially the Internet.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 733 Computer Programming for the Educator: Logo
This course is based on the assumption that Logo is a computer
language designed to be the foundation of a learning culture that
provides children with an environment rich in interesting things
to do and interesting things to think about. The course focuses
on how the child‚s programming activity and explorations can
lead to the development of higher order logical/mathematical skills
that are applicable to a much broader range of tasks than just programming,
and how these explorations require the child to engage in self-reflective
behaviors that lead to a better understanding of, and control over,
his or her own thought processes. The course consists of a combination
of lectures, demonstrations, and discussions, as well as hands-on
time.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 750 Technology in Education: Applications, Evaluation, and
Selection
This course is intended to be an overview of educational computing
with a focus on evaluating and selecting related software, hardware,
and services, and with integrating this technology into the curriculum.
The goal is to provide educators with an understanding of the functions
of various educational computer applications, and the knowledge
and skills necessary to become critical consumers of this technology.
The specific applications, criteria, and products presented in the
course apply to the full range of elementary and secondary grade
levels and subject areas.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 765 Authoring Computer-Assisted Instruction
This course is designed to elaborate on concepts developed
in EDT908P regarding practical applications of Hypertext and multi-media
in the classroom. Fundamentals of sound instructional design for
software development are applied by students in final projects which
incorporate various multi-media technologies.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 770 Using the Microcomputer in Special Education
This course is designed to introduce the student to the variety
of applications of computer technology to handicapped individuals
and their teachers in the field of Special Education. The computer
is discussed as an adjunct in the instruction of handicapped learners
as well as an aid in their daily functioning. A variety of hardware
and software is reviewed. An integral part of this course is related
hands-on experience.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 775 Evaluation and Application of Computer Software for
Special Education
This course evaluates applications, advantages and limitations
of computer-managed instruction and computer-assisted instruction
for students with learning and behavior problems. The learning problems
may be in the academic areas of reading, language arts, arithmetic
and in perceptual motor skills. Emphasis is given to the examination
of programs in each of the academic content areas as well as to
the evaluation of software in relation to student characteristics
and learning situations. In order to facilitate the development
of a broad knowledge base of computer technology, a combination
of lecture and computer laboratory experience is provided.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 780 Computer Applications Software for Information Management
This course introduces leadership in learning settings using
applications software for school leaders. Students are expected
to enter the course with fundamental understanding of the computer
and tool software (see EDT 700/705). Furthermore, students are expected
to understand the fundamental concepts of databases and to have
built a simple database. Students develop school-based applications.
Summary and analytical reports are developed merging data from various
applications. Skills developed in this course are expanded upon
in EDT 785. Extensive hands-on time in the computer laboratory is
required.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 785 Computer Management for Information Management
This course builds upon skills developed in EDT 780. Students
develop an educational relational database. The course stresses
the development of advanced skills of summary and analysis of data
based on computer-supported data gathering. Extensive hands-on time
is required.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 900 Introduction to Educational Research
This course presents an overview of research methodology for
the educational technology student. Basic concepts in scientific
inquiry, statistics, measurement and research are interrelated and
applied to the critical evaluation of research and the presentation
of information. Students are expected to use new ways to gather,
manipulate, and present information. Learning about research is
approached through the study of key ideas in conjunction with an
involvement in the research process.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 908A Electronic Publishing
This course is designed to teach educators the theoretical
and technical skills of desktop publishing (DTP) or Web-based publishing.
Selection of relevant hardware and software based on various budget
considerations is covered. Students have extensive hands-on use
of computer based materials for desktop publishing. Significant
emphasis is placed on logical page makeup and printing production
based on established publishing and educational theory. The main
objective is to produce more meaningful and effective written and
graphical materials than might be achieved in traditional text production.
Prerequisite: EDT 908H
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 908F Computer Hardware for the Educator
This course is designed to familiarize both the novice and
experienced computer user with the inner workings and interconnections
of micro-computer systems. Elementary maintenance and repair of
major microcomputer platforms, so that the user can recognize and
correct common computer malfunctions. Expert use of the operating
systems, their utilities, and software management installation are
taught. Connecting multiple peripheral devices such as printers,
scanners, modems, etc., are demonstrated. Special emphasis is placed
on networks. The course addresses the educational considerations
involved in the selection, pricing and ordering of computer hardware,
as well as its physical setup in a school environment.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 908H Planning and Creating Documents for Electronic Publications
This course is intended for graduate students who wish to gain
greater control over both writing and document preparation skills.
The course emphasizes advanced features of word processors and other
computer-based packages. In addition, students are taught how to
present writings in more powerful and meaningful ways by preparing
the documents for desktop publishing. Preparation of fliers, newsletters,
and Web-base is emphasized. Electronic transmission of documents
is included, especially using the World Wide Web.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 908J Technology and the Development of Higher Order Thinking
Skills
This course is designed to provide teachers with the experience
of creating their own LEGO/Logo projects and the opportunity to
explore ways of implementing LEGO/Logo in their own classrooms.
LEGO/Logo teams the Logo programming language (with a few new commands)
and traditional LEGO building blocks (with the addition of newer
pieces such as gears, wheels, pulleys, motors and sensors) in a
way that allows children to build things with LEGO and to build
programs, to control them with Logo. The course focuses on using
LEGO/Logo to implement a hands-on approach to learning that strives
to make abstract ideas concrete and stresses helping children learn
how to think, not teaching them what to think. We emphasize the
creation of learning environments designed to encourage learning
by doing by helping children take on roles and activities of scientists,
inventors, designers, artists, mathematicians and engineers. Our
expectation is that through actual experience children develop a
sense of learning as inquiry, exploration and investigation - not
just a collection of facts and correct answers. In addition, the
projects and problems that children define and encounter with LEGO/Logo
provides an excellent context to create activities that connect
student interests to various curricular areas, and to connect separate
disciplines to each other.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 908P Presentation Graphics
Computers are one of the most powerful new tools educators
can use to create a learning environment that motivates, stimulates
and inspires their students in the learning process. This course
is an overview of the theory and application of computer presentation
teaching. It covers the use of graphics sound and text capabilities
of the computer and peripheral devices such as laser discs, VCRs,
digitizing cameras, microphones, CD-ROM and scanners, along with
multimedia software in creating new and exciting educational presentations.
Students view many demonstrations of these new educational tools
and have hands-on experience with them in producing course projects.
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 917 Implementation and Preparing Technology Project
This is the first of two courses in the culminating experience
for the Computers in Education degree (the other is EDT 927). Students
are required to complete a technology project for the degree that
incorporates one or more information technologies in the development
and the end use of the project, that is of genuine interest to the
developer (student), and that makes a contribution to the use of
information technologies in the teaching/learning process. Students
use this course to identify, define, and produce the proposal for
the project, and they use EDT 927 to finish the project and develop
its products. Numerous individual and group activities in EDT 917
are used to prepare students to choose and develop the project proposal.
Prerequisite: EDT 900
On Occasion, 3 Credits
EDT 927 Research Project in Computing
This is the last course in the culminating experience for the
Computers in Education degree. Students work independently or in
small groups to produce the final project proposed and approved
in EDT 917. Students are required at the end of the course to incorporate
appropriate technology in presenting their projects to other students
and interested faculty.
Prerequisite: EDT 917
On Occasion, 3 Credits
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