Educational Technology 445

EDET 445: Integration of Educational Technology

Credit Hours: (3)

Prospective teachers will develop critical awareness of instructional technologies in order to successfully integrate technology into their teaching. The course begins with an overview of the latest research on how people learn. This cognitive science research serves as a diagnostic lens to evaluate the efficacy of the instructional technologies the class uses over the course of the semester. Prospective teachers will be introduced to techniques and methods through modeling and direct hands on experience in a wide array of technologies. Along the way, students will develop skills for identifying appropriate technologies and making decisions concerning when to integrate technology.

Note(s): Applied Learning designated course.

 

Detailed Description of Course Content

This course is designed to help students learn and apply skills in five areas:

 

1.Recognize technology as both the “technology of teaching” and “teaching with technology”, and apply both perspectives when designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating processes and resources for learning in a classroom as well as online.

2.Use technology to improve the quality of instructional efforts, including making better decisions about what is important to be learned, defining meaningful and purposeful learning contexts, designing effective strategies for specific types of learning outcomes, developing more scaffolding opportunities, and assessing learning in more effective and meaningful ways.

3.Use technology to build and support constructive collaborations and learning communities.

4.Use technology to help manage processes and resources for teaching effectively and ethically.

5.Use technology to support growth as an educator through organizing resources and access to relevant sources such as education-related news and information as well as emerging professional learning opportunities.

 

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

The overall context for learning and applying the course outcomes includes creating a personal/professional website that provides an organized space to communicate examples of how technology can be used to improve professional practice in the areas of instruction, community-building, management, and professional development. Pages (or artifacts) included in the website collectively reflect the individual projects that constitute the course. Some of these projects include reflections over videos, readings, and the evaluation of many different types of instructional resources.

 

Student Goals and Objectives

Goals and objectives for this course align with specific elements of newly-revised Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) regulations for elementary, middle and secondary education students as well as selected International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Professional Standards for Educators.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

 

1.Use technology to help make better decisions about what is important to be learned. 

2.Use technology to help define meaningful and purposeful learning contexts for specific outcomes. 

3.Use technology to develop effective instructional strategies for specific types of learning outcomes. 

4.Develop technology-supported instructional scaffolds for specific lessons or units. 

5.Design effective technology-supported formative and summative assessment strategies. 

6.Use technology to build and support constructive collaborations. 

7.Use technology to define local and global learning communities. 

8.Use technology to help manage communication efforts between all stakeholders in an educational community. 

9.Use technology to help manage instructional resources. 

10.Apply appropriate copyright and fair use guidelines in the development of technology-supported instruction materials. 

11.Use technology to support growth as an educator through organizing resources and access to relevant sources such as education-related news and information. 

12.Use technology to identify and access relevant professional learning opportunities.

 

Assessment Measures

Assessment measures include, but are not limited to:

•Web-based course projects

•Written reflections

 

Other Course Information

None

Review and Approval

Revised April, 2009

March 01, 2021