EDUC 7714 - Media, Technology and Learning Across the Curriculum

Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. Educational technology is moving classroom instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. ICT tools have created opportunities for reading, writing, and collaboration beyond the traditional classroom walls and practices. However, with all of these changes taking place, there is debate as to how to provide authentic and effective educative experiences for students. In this course, students will investigate the organizing and integrating of media in school curricula and other educational programs. Students will explore theories of media technology and identify instructional purposes and defining roles for technologies and media in learning and teaching, as well as examine and compare curricular designs for their concordance with the procedures of technology in education. Students will also investigate current school criteria for selection and evaluation of materials.
3 credit hours.