Page 1 Syllabus • Spring 2010 240:020, Secondary Educational Technology & Design www.uni.edu/elearning Dr. Leigh Zeitz Office: SEC 411 Phone: 273-3249 e-mail: [email protected] Ms. Magdalena Galloway Office: SEC 407 Phone: 273-3076 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Robin Galloway Office: SEC 409 Phone: 273-7619 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Jason Vetter Office: ITTC 120A Phone: 273-6730 e-mail: [email protected] The Course Secondary Educational Technology & Design is a basic course involving the selection and use of various educational technologies within an instructional design framework. Course activities include the planning, design and production of media and the operation of hardware and software for educational use in grades 5-12. Students will be exposed to various ways of thinking about educational media and technology. The course provides students with experiences that enable them to integrate technology resources to support clearly defined learning objectives. Course Outcomes (INTASC+1 Standard Number, K = knowledge; P = performance; D = disposition) Students will:  explore various ways of thinking about media and the messages they convey (6, P)  demonstrate how to use a variety of multimedia tools to enrich learning opportunities. (6, P)  identify guiding principles to promote students’ safe and ethical use of the Internet. (1, P)  apply copyright law, fair use guidelines, and creative commons regulations to the ethical development of electronic multimedia to support learning. (10, P)  use the ASSURE model to plan the integration of technology into a unit of instruction (4, P)  write behavioral learning objectives to support instructional goals. (4, P)  identify appropriate teaching methods and electronic media to support objective-based lessons. (5, P)  design learning experiences that engage students in individual and collaborative learning activities (5, P)  create electronic multimedia to support specific learning objectives. (4, P)  apply principles of visual design to the development of electronic multimedia to support learning. (9, K)  use graphic organizers to represent topics or concepts in a static or interactive format. (1, P)  develop an online collaborative inquiry-based learning activity to support a thematic unit of instruction. (7, P)  develop an assessment strategy to evaluate student work within a collaborative inquiry-based learning activity (6, P)  design and develop a digital video to support an objective-based lesson. (4, P)  create a web-based resource center to support an objective-based lesson. (4, P)  reflectively evaluate how projects align with INTASC+1 standards. (8, P)  collaborate with a peer to create an effective multimedia presentation. (11, P)  organize and present class projects in a portfolio format. (8, P) Expectations 1. Class attendance is required. Assignments are introduced in lecture, along with other relevant topics. The skills necessary to complete class projects will be taught in lab. Labs are designed to get you started on most assignments. Points will be deducted for nonattendance, partial attendance, or recurring tardiness. 2. Excused absences require documentation. Excused absences include: UNI sponsored functions, illness, or a death in the family. In the event of flu symptoms, students are required to contact their instructor prior to missing class. 3. Late assignments will not receive full credit except in the event of a documented excused absence. Assignments submitted electronically (via eLearning) are due by 10:00pm on the due date. Assignments submitted in print are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Students are expected to follow all submission directions precisely. Late assignments (excluding quizzes) will lose 10% of points possible per day. Quizzes may not be submitted late. 4. Students are expected to remain on-task during lectures and labs. Off-task behaviors such as using a cell phone, sleeping, checking email or surfing the web can result in the student being asked to leave and being marked as absent. 5. Students are expected to complete the assigned Readings, Watchings, Listenings, and Doings (RWLD) before arriving for lecture each week. Additionally, lecture and lab handouts are accessible on the Resources page in eLearning. Students are encouraged to print these handouts and bring them to class. 6. Students are expected to be familiar with the content of the course eLearning site and regularly access it throughout each week. eLearning is a vital communication tool and reference for all assignments. 7. All email correspondence should be sent via eLearning Mail and sent to your primary course instructor (do not use the All Section Instructors option). Please include your full name and section number with all correspondence.Page 2 8. Computers will be used extensively in class and outside of class to complete assignments. Individual support is provided during regularly scheduled consulting hours in SEC 405. All course software is available in SEC 127, 206 and 405, and most software is also available online. See the Resources page in eLearning for more information. 9. Many assignments will require a broadband (fast) internet connection. Students may complete these activities from off-campus. However, in the event that students do not have sufficient access at home, they will be expected to use the resources that are provided on-campus or alternative locations (e.g., public library, friend or family). 10. Students are expected to regularly backup their work and always maintain at least two copies of their computer files in at least two separate locations (e.g., USB Flash drive, eLearning My Files, external hard drive, network folder, personal computer, etc.) in order to avoid data loss in the event of hardware failure or user error. Students are also expected to record the usernames and passwords they create for various services used in the class. Lost work or failure to remember passwords are not sufficient excuses for failing to meet a due date. 11. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Evidence of plagiarism will result in no points for the assignment. Students are required to submit some assignments via an anti-plagiarism system. Theme Each student will select a topic upon which to base a thematic unit of instruction. Using the knowledge and skills obtained during the course, they will effectively