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SIMON
FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 482-4
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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: EDUCATIONAL USES OF COMPUTERS
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D1.00
Regular Summer Semester, 1989
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Instructor: Evelyn Ng
(May 8 - August 4) ?
Office: ?
MPX 8676
Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. ?
Phone:
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291-3642
Location: MPX 7500
PREREQUISITES:
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Education 401/402 or equivalent
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
An introduction to the roles and applications of computers in education, and to
problems of computer use in the classroom. Brief training is given on the operation
of microcomputers, use of a sampling of exemplary programs, and the selection of
educational software.
TOPICS:
• Use of computers in the classroom: concerns, expectations and confusions.
• Integration of educational software into the curriculum: exploration of types of
software, and means of integration.
• Computer-assisted instructional materials: design, modification and evaluation.
• Programming applications in the curriculum: choice of languages, and
consideration of approaches.
• Computer education: curriculum development and implementation.
• Computer-mediated communication in education: current possibilities.
COURSE ACTIVITIES:
Lectures, demonstrations, readings, and laboratory work.
EVALUATION:
• A paper documenting the design of an application of the computer to a selected
curriculum area. (40%)
• A class presentation illustrating the use and limitation of a piece of educational
software for a selected learning task. (30%)
• Short tests related to lectures, readings, and demonstrations. (30%)
TEXTBOOK:
Lockard, J., Abrams, P.D., & Many, W.A. (1987). Microcomputers for Educators.
Toronto: Little, Brown and Company.
