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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 4824 ?
    DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: EDUCATIONAL USES OF COMPUTERS
    Summer Semester, 1990 ?
    Instructor: Dr. Evelyn Ng
    (May 7-August 3)
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    Office: ?
    MPX 8676
    Tuesdays, 5:30-9:20 p.m. ?
    Phone:
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    291-3642
    Location: MPX 8651
    PREREQUISITE:
    Educ 401/402, or equivalent
    DESCRIPTION
    The course is an introduction to the roles and applications of computers in education,
    and to problems of computer uses in the classroom. The following topics are covered:
    Use of computers in the classroom: concerns and skills..
    Use of software as tools: instructional and administrative applications.
    Integration of software into the curriculum: evaluation and means of
    integration.
    Programming applications in the curriculum: computer problem solving.
    Electronic communication in education: current possibilities.
    COURSE ACTIVITIES
    Course activities will consist of lectures and discussions, demonstrations, readings
    and laboratory work.
    EVALUATION
    Two papers on selected computer applications in the classroom.
    A class presentation evaluating a piece of software, demonstrating its uses in the
    classroom or an educational setting.
    Short tests related to readings, discussions and demonstrations.
    Laboratory exercises demonstrating computer operating skills.
    TEXTBOOK
    Lockard, J., Abrams, P.D., & Many, W.A. (1987). Microcomputers for Educators.
    Toronto: Little, Brown and Company.

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