Course Description:

Introduction to Educational Technology is a survey course designed to introduce teachers to the use of microcomputer technology and telecommunications in augmenting the teaching and learning process. Students learn through weekly assigned readings, lectures, and hands-on-lab experience. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to telecommunicate, and critically evaluate educate educational software. The student will be able to conceptualize the uses of computers in the classroom in-terms of computer-directed instruction, computer enhanced instruction, and computer managed instruction. They will also learn the purpose of and acquire basic skills for using commercial courseware, generic applications software (word processors, database managers, etc,), disk operating systems, and hardware.

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Course Objectives:

1. Describe why teachers need to know computer technology.
2. Define terms for computing devices.
3. State educational psychology theories regarding learning through computer-based instruction.
4. For using commercial courseware, generic applications.
   A. Describe characteristics and purposes
   B. Perform functions
   C. Give examples and use for the following software:
      1. word processing
      2. database management
      3. spreadsheet
   
5. For a disk operating system
   A. describe its characteristics
   B. perform basic tasks
   
6. Describe how teacher implements instructional technology applications with designated student populations
7. Using an authoring software identify, classify, and design samples of
   A. computer - directed instruction
   B. computer - enhanced instruction
   C. computer - managed instruction
   
8. Evaluate educational software for specific instructional applications with designated student populations
9. For telecommunications
   A. describe characteristic and purposes of telecommunications in educational settings.
   B. Use Netscape Navigator to access the Internet
   C. send and receive E-mail over the Internet
   
10. Describe characteristics and purposes of single medium and multimedia in educational settings.
11. Participate in instructional computer research using Internet search engines.
12. Explain what teachers need to know about computer technology.
13. Be able to operate in windows, dos, and macintosh environments (DM class meeting possible).
14. Use ‘high-tech’ and ‘low-tech’ instructional deliveries.
15. Discuss legal and ethical issues in usage of technologies.

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