Technology and the Learning Process

Catalog description

Evaluates the relationship between technology-based resources and learning theories through design, implementation, and evaluation of online instructional modules. EDUC 464 Technology and the Learning Process (3)Designed for teachers, curriculum supervisors, and building administrators, this course examines and evaluates the relationship between technology-based resources and learning theories. Students explore learning theories in terms of how technology may or may not support implementation of those theories in the classroom. Students also examine problem-based learning approaches and how they can be combined with technology, resulting in what has been defined by Dr. Bernie Dodge as a 'WebQuest' for classroom use. In the WebQuest development process, students identify a real life problem for their students to solve. They correlate that problem to their academic standards and district curriculum. They then design, implement, and evaluate instructional modules with integrated technology resources designed to lead to a solution of the identified problem, while promoting student acquisition of higher order thinking skills. Through this experience, students must plan for their students' learning tasks and activities, resource needs, performance evaluation and rubrics. As a culminating experience, students design an action research project related to the implementation of their learning module in the classroom setting.