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Social and Cultural Aspects of Teaching and Learning |
| Prerequisite |
ED 511 |
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This online course is an introduction to the history, philosophy, and politics of education. It covers cultural and social influences on learning and teaching strategies that address them. Includes field experience. |
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Psychology of Teaching and Learning |
| Prerequisite |
ED 511 |
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This is an online survey course of psychology as it pertains to classroom teaching, student learning, and management of students, students with exceptionalities, and collaboration and consultation issues that commonly arise in the practice of public pedagogy. |
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Creating Web-Based Curriculum Materials |
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This course will assist educators in the design and implementation of a classroom web site containing web-based lesson plans. It will also assist educators with web-based delivery methods and collaborative projects. Participants will create web-based classroom materials and collaborate with others via the Internet to extend the boundaries of the classroom. |
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Electronic Resources: Issues and Practice |
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This course covers many areas of the electronic research process, enhanced by the use and implications of emerging technology. There will be four main modules/sections: Internet Search Techniques, Evaluation and Selection of Internet Resources, Copyright Issues in Cyberspace, and Internet Privacy Issues. |
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Design of Online Instruction |
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Participants in this course will create components of an online course. Educators will learn how to design the course from the ground up including identifying program outcomes and course competencies, designing learning activities, and creating and evaluating assessment tasks. The course design process will be focused on designing for the unique requirements of the online environment. |
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Methods of Computer-mediated Communication in Education |
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This course provides an introduction to modern electronic communication tools, considers strategies and issues involved in incorporating them into education, and offers experience in using them. |
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Emerging Technologies |
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Participants in this course will explore emerging technologies and ways to effectively integrate them into the teaching and learning environment. As technologies continue to evolve, it is important for educators to stay abreast of the new developments. For instance, the web has rapidly transformed from the first generation (mostly read only) to the second generation (often called the Web 2.0 or the Read/Write web) to the current generation (the Web 3.0). As the web has undergone these transformations, the corresponding innovations in technologies have had a significant impact on the teaching and learning environment. Participants will develop skills that support digital age learners. Participants will develop activities and lessons for classes they teach and learn to use these applications effectively for instruction. |
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Assessment Strategies for Technology-Enhanced Curricula |
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This course explores issues, strategies, methods, and techniques of assessment in technology-based curricula. |
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Infusing Technology into Mathematics |
| Prerequisite |
ED 519 |
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This course will examine and evaluate both commercial and free software available for mathematics instruction. Students will design learning activities that foster equitable, ethical, and legal use of technology. |
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| Title |
Middle School Philosophy |
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This course is intended for those individuals preparing to become middle level school leaders and educators. It investigates the philosophical basis for middle level education and all phases of duties and responsibilities for educational leadership as they interact with the components of appropriate middle level education. |
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Adolescent Development and Advisor/Advisee Programs |
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The purpose of the course is to explore pre-adolescent development and the role adults play in the unique development of middle school students to build positive relationships through a team using planned advisory programs. |
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Interdisciplinary Instructional Strategies |
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The purpose of the course is to provide instruction in the design and preparation of interdisciplinary instructional units with appropriate instructional strategies for classroom use. The instructional units and strategies will be designed for use in grades 5-8 middle school classrooms using an interdisciplinary team approach to instruction. |
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| Title |
Educational Alternatives for Learning |
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Construction of both established and innovative educational programs. |
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| Title |
Information Technology and Teachers |
| Prerequisite |
CSIS 103 |
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| Description |
An introduction to information technology in education including the use of technology, computers, and multimedia in education with attention to traditional curriculum, pupil characteristics, and the use of technology in lesson development. |
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| Title |
Readings in Education |
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Readings and supervised study of topics in depth. On demand only. May be repeated up to six credits. |
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| Title |
Topics in Education |
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Topics in educational theory and practice. Since the course is topical in nature, it may be repeated when topics vary. |
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| Title |
Study Tour in Comparative and International Education |
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Field study in selected countries through conferences with educators, schools, universities, ministry visitation and conferences. Open to non-majors. |
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| Title |
Psychological Foundations of Education |
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A systems approach to schools and systems of psychology. Principles affecting learning and instruction. |
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| Title |
Statistics in Educational Research |
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Basic theory, techniques for using descriptive and inferential statistics, and application in educational research designs. |
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| Title |
Methods of Research |
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Methodology of design of research studies; preparation of effective technical reports. |
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