•MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Spring Semester 2001

EDUC 260 - 3

Dr. Kevin O'Neill

Learning and Teaching through Technology

Office: EDB 8639

Phone: 291-3476

Tuesday 9:30-10:20 in WMX 3210 ?

D01.00 ?

Email: koneill@sfu.ca

plus 2 hour lab in EDB 8500

PREREQUISITE

Note: students with credit for any Computing course cannot take this course for further credit.

You will need to have Internet access to complete many of the assignments in this course. Therefore,

you must have Internet access at home or be on campus at least 2-3 times during the week. As well,

there will be some assignments that will require specific software applications available on computers

in the Faculty of Education Centre for Educational Technology (CET). You will, therefore, need to

schedule some time to work in the CET outside of class time.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to be interactive and hands-on. It will provide an exciting beginning experience

for those who desire to integrate technology into classroom teaching. The course is also meant to

introduce you to some of the social, cultural and instructional issues surrounding the use of technology

in Education through formal and informal discussions. The broad goal of the course is to empower

pre-service and in-service teachers to begin to use computer (primarily) technologies from a basis of

comfort, interest and meaning. As this is an introductory course, we will not achieve great depth,

however it is expected that you will leave this course with the confidence to pursue further learning

on your own and some concrete ideas about how to integrate technology into your teaching.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 Portfolios - due at the beginning, middle and end of the course. Each portfolio will contain

reading activities and application activities and a short written reflection on your learning to

that point. (25% each for a total of 75%)

• A Position Paper - Each individual will select as a paper topic some aspect of one of the issues

discussed in class surrounding the use of technology in Education. (25%)

REQUIRED READINGS

Bitter, G.G., & Pierson, M.E. (1999). Using Technology in the Classroom. Toronto: Allyn & Bacon.

Healy, Jane M. (1999). Failure to Connect: How computers effect our childrens' minds, and

what we can do about it. Touchstone Books.

Additional readings will be made available throughout the course.

Optional Text

(1998). Read Less, Learn More: Teach yourself computers and the internet. Maran Graphics

), ISBN 0-7645-6041-7.