CEIT530 COMPUTERS AS COGNITIVE TOOLS
| Course Code: | 4300530 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Computer Education and Instructional Technology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ZAHİDE YILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- critical, creative, and complex thinking skills
- theoretical bases of cognitive tools
- rational for using computers as cognitive tools in instruction
- how to promote critical thinking through computers.
- advantages and limitations of different types of cognitive tools
- how to implement different types of cognitive tools,
- how to assess learning outcomes from cognitive tools
Course Content
This course underlines alternative ways ofusing computers in education to engagestudents in critical thinking, problem solvingand higher order thinking. A rationale forusing computers as cognitive tools, andconceptual foundations are highlighted. The course examines the major cognitive tools including databases, spreadsheets, semantic networking tools, expert systems, computer-mediated communication, and multimedia and hypermedia, and the way they are used as cognitive tools. The course also provides the necessary background in challages to implementing cognitive tools in classrooms, new roles for educators and administrators, and different types of asessments.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- explain critical, creative, and complex thinking skills and their differences
- describe theoretical bases of cognitive tools
- discuss main intellectual reasons for using technology as cognitive tools
- distinguish basic advantages and limitations of different types of cognitive tools
- design instruction to promote critical thinking through technology.
- assess learning outcomes from cognitive tools