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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 482-4 ?
    DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: EDUCATIONAL USES OF COMPUTERS
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    (D1.00)
    Regular Summer Semester, 1992
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    Instructor: Dr. Evelyn Ng
    (May 4— July 31)
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    Office: ?
    MPX 8676
    Thursdays, 1:00-4:50 p.m.
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    Phone:
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    291-3642
    Location: MPX 8620F
    PREREQUISITE:
    EDUC 4011402.
    DESCRIPTION
    The course is an introduction to the roles and applications of computers in education,
    and to problems of computer uses in the classroom. This session is suitable to
    teachers who are novice computer users. The following topics are covered:
    *Use of computers in the classroom: concerns and skills
    • Use of applications software
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    Use of instructional software
    Integration of software into the curriculum
    • Programming applications in the curriculum
    • Electronic communications in education
    COURSE ACTIVITIES
    Course activities will consist of lectures and discussions, demonstrations, readings,
    team projects and laboratory work.
    EVALUATION
    • term paper on selected computer applications in the classroom.
    • 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. (1990). Microcomputers for Educators.
    Toronto: Little, Brown and Company.

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