Courses
MSTI-131 Intro Educational Technol (3)
This is a technology content course in which pre-service teachers progress from being consumers of media technology to being producers of instructional technology methods for the purpose of delivering discipline content. Students learn to use a variety of instructional technology tools related to such current topics as: Windows operating system and applications; Internet-based learning; presentation delivery; hypermedia environments; web page development and publishing; file formatting; PC hardware and peripherals; digital video and audio processing; graphic image processing; and scanning. Emphasis is placed on knowledge construction through completion of instructional technology Internet- and PC-based assignments.
Attributes: NLIBMSTI-231 Educational Computing (3)
This course provides a unique context for future teachers to explore their own understanding of developing instructional technology-driven methods of delivering content. Course content includes: Internet-based activity design and development, administrative uses of computing, software evaluation, distance collaboration, examining the relationship between theory and application of instructional technology methods, and generating an index of instructional technology activities. Students are encouraged to be creative, share work and expertise with their classmates, and provide suggestions and help for each other. The activities assigned are spread over several weeks so that students have ample time to develop deep and connected understandings of the process of instructional technology development, as well as the method and effectiveness of content delivery. Prerequisite may be waived if student has web authoring experience.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: MSTI-131 CMSTI-260 Understanding Adaptve Tech (3)
The information age is revolutionizing education from the university to the earliest grade levels. At the same time, adaptive software and hardware hold the potential of reducing barriers to education for students with disabilities. Teachers need to know about these technologies. This course meets the needs of both the special education teacher and the discipline teacher as they work to prepare modified lesson plans to better facilitate the inclusion of students with disabilities. While the course has a focus on techniques used to overcome some of the special problems in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science, the learning of these techniques enables the teacher to overcome problems of access in other subjects. This course uses a variety of delivery systems including lecture, small-group problem-solving, hands-on work, and individual and group interactions over the Internet using distance-learning technologies. Cross-listed with EDUC 260.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: MSTI-131 CMSTI-261 Found Adaptive Tech Lrn I (2)
This is a technology content course in which the pre-service teacher progresses from being a consumer of media technology to being a producer of instructional technology methods for the purpose of delivering discipline content. In addition, the pre-service teacher begins the journey of understanding the needs of both the special education teacher and the discipline teacher as they work to prepare modified lesson plans to better facilitate the inclusion of students with barriers to learning. While the course has a focus on techniques used to overcome some of the special problems in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science, the acquisition of these techniques enables the future teacher to overcome problems of access in other subjects. Emphasis is placed on knowledge construction via a variety of delivery systems including lecture, small-group problem-solving, hands-on work, and individual and group interactions over the Internet using distance-learning technologies.
Attributes: NLIBMSTI-262 Found Adaptive Tech Lrn II (2)
The information age is revolutionizing education from the university to the earliest grade levels. At the same time, adaptive software and hardware hold the potential of reducing barriers to education for students with various needs. The pre-service teacher will continue the journey of understanding the needs of both the special education teacher and the discipline teacher as they work to prepare modified lesson plans to better facilitate the inclusion of students with barriers to learning. This is accomplished via an in depth review of adaptive and accessibility technologies that provide access to computers for people with a variety of needs, universal design principles that can make local-based and virtual information more accessible to everyone, implementation strategies, and author useful resources for student, parent, and community.
Pre-requisites: MSTI-261 CMSTI-331 Classroom Computing (3)
This course is designed for the pre-service teacher who will assume responsibility for the many aspects of planning and implementing the use of instructional technology in the daily classroom environment. Consideration is given to digital content validation and assessment, hardware and physical integration, virtual display, daily planning using the Internet, as well as an overall professional integration rationale. Prerequisite may be waived if student has web authoring experience.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: MSTI-131 CMSTI-431 Hypermedia Learning Envir (3)
This course brings together all of the instructional technology teaching and learning concepts, as well as techniques and expertise, acquired in the first 15 hours of the Instructional Technology minor program. A unique, educational unit of study set forth in a virtual hypermedia environment is researched, designed, developed, and published. The significance of the environment’s educative value as a means of a content delivery vehicle is explored and put in place. This unit of study serves as the Instructional Technology minor program’s culminating project. Permission of THE Professor IS required to register.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: MSTI-231 C AND (EDUC-260 C OR MSTI-260 C) AND MSTI-131 C AND MSTI-331 C