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EPSY 457
EPSY 457 XM: Computer Use in Education (CRN: 31882)
Course
Description | Syllabus | Instructor | Sample Activities
Course Description
The focus of this course is on (1) the exploration of innovative technology uses in education, and (2) the critical evaluation of how these uses are (or are not) taken up in schools. This is a research and project-oriented course, and class members will conduct a variety of miniprojects exploring a range of new uses in classroom settings, respond to scholarly readings in the field of educational technology, and complete a major project for use in class members’ own teaching.
Syllabus
Instructor
Sample Activities
EPSY 457 is a project-oriented course. In many cases, students choose a project that benefits their own teaching, and in some cases, students continue the same project across several CTER courses. The course is also research-oriented, and you will become familiar with research conversations in educational technology. The combination of these two features—research and projects—will result in students who are fluent in both the skills and discourses of technology for learning.
"The major thing this course did for me was to make me re-evaluate
technology and how I can incorporate it into my classroom" (CTER
student, 2002)
Course Description
The focus of this course is on (1) the exploration of innovative technology uses in education, and (2) the critical evaluation of how these uses are (or are not) taken up in schools. This is a research and project-oriented course, and class members will conduct a variety of miniprojects exploring a range of new uses in classroom settings, respond to scholarly readings in the field of educational technology, and complete a major project for use in class members’ own teaching.
Syllabus
- Week 1: Personal and Educational Histories of Technology
- Week 2: Interactivity and Learning Communities
- Week 3: Teachers and Technology: Issues in Professional Development
- Week 4: From Consumption to Production & Evaluation
Instructor
| Cynthia Carter Ching Email: ccching@uiuc.edu |
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Sample Activities
EPSY 457 is a project-oriented course. In many cases, students choose a project that benefits their own teaching, and in some cases, students continue the same project across several CTER courses. The course is also research-oriented, and you will become familiar with research conversations in educational technology. The combination of these two features—research and projects—will result in students who are fluent in both the skills and discourses of technology for learning.
Spring 2009 Courses