Course Outline
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Weekly Schedule
[Note: Subject to change based on students’ feedback]
| Computer Applications in Education - ITEC 57430 Spring 2007 | |||
| Units | Weekly Assignments | ||
| Knowledge Construction (60%) | Knowledge application (PBL wiki project 35%) | ||
| Familiar with Technologies (40%) |
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| 1 (Jan. 16 - 23) | Wiki [creating a wiki] and blog [1st blog experiment: creating the blog and posting an intro] | Welcome and Introduction (Orientation/getting to know each other; course overview) | Questionnaire |
| 2 (Jan. 23 - 30) | Asynchronous communication (e.g., discussion forum, Email and listserv) |
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Share past group project experiences; Describe your preferred learning or work environment as a potential context for the project |
| 3 (Jan. 30 - Feb.6) | Synchronous
communication (e.g., Chat, instant messenger such as Yahoo messenger, MSN,
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PBL project interests and preferences post | |
| 4 (Feb. 6 - 13) | Content construction tools (e.g., Microsoft word, PPT, wiki, etc.) |
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PBL project problem and title posted at class wiki; list group members |
| 5 (Feb. 13 - 20) | Web design and publishing programs (Frontpage, Dreamweaver, blog, wiki, etc.) [3rd blog experiment: providing comments to blogs] | PBL project proposal | |
| 6 (Feb. 20 - 27) | Presentation programs (e.g., PPT, Audio recording, web streaming, live cast, etc.) |
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| 7 (Feb. 27- Mar. 6) | Web (e.g., gadgets; search engine, portal, Google, wikipedia, etc.) [4th blog experiment: adding a podcast] | PBL project progress report #1 | |
| 8 (Mar. 6 - 13) | Games, simulation | Reading 4: example of an effective use of computers in classrooms | n/a |
| 9 (Mar. 13 - 20) | Course management systems (e.g., Blackboard, WebCT, eCollege, Open Knowledge Initiative, Moodle, Safire, etc.); | PBL project progress report #2 | |
| 10 (March 20 - 27) | handheld tools such as PDA, probeware, graphic caculator | Reading 5: computer applications in education | n/a |
| March 26 - Apr.1 | Happy Spring Break! [Mid-term feedback: How are we doing?] | ||
| 11 (Apr. 2 - 10) | scientific probeware, or electronic thesaurus in content areas [5th blog experiment: free experiment] | Reading 5: computer applications in education (continued) | PBL final project due |
| 12 (Apr. 10 - 17) | Language translators; converting between voice and text (dragon naturally speaking); convert between different languages, including programs converting between different spoken languages (e.g., between English and Chinese), converting between spoken languages, written texts and sign languages (e.g., iCommunicator, Dragon Naturally Speaking software), and various assistive technologies for the visually impaired, the deaf, and people with learning difficulties | n/a | PBL project feedback |
| 13 (Apr. 17 - 24) | Research tool: endnote; NVivo; etc. | n/a | PBL self, peer review |
| 14 (Apr. 24 - May 1) | Other technologies not explored in the course | n/a | PBL and technology survey |
| 15 (May 1 - 11) | Wrap up | ||
