EDS266 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
| Course Code: | 4540266 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Educational Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, with reasonable effort, the students will be able to:
- Apply technology skills and strategies to enhance student learning;
- Exhibit a raised awareness on security and safety issues on digital technologies.
- Create instructional and assessment instruments that incorporate best practices of technology use;
- Communicate and collaborate in a networked environment with enhanced security and safety awareness; and
- Distinguish the basic advantages and disadvantages of the main instructional media and materials.
Course Content
This course provides information and skills to preservice-teachers about Information technologies in education; learning processes and classification of instructional technologies; theoretical approaches to instructional technologies; new tendencies in learning approaches; novel literacies (digital literacy, media literacy, etc.); instructional technologies as tools and materials; design of instructional materials; designing thematic instructional materials; creation of database for subject matter specific learning objects, and evaluation criteria for instructional materials.
Course Learning Outcomes
See Objectives