Designs for Learning: Educational Uses of Computers

Fell, 1986

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Instructor: Wolfgang Rothen

Wednesdays, 4:30 - 8:20

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Office: MPX 8676

Location: MPX 8651

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Phone: 291-3642

The goal of the course is to provide students 'with a sense of and actual control over, computer

technology and its application as tools for instruction and learning. Initially, we 'will examine the

technical terms that have grown to talk about computer technology. These concepts will be related to

instructional applications that are illustrated by demonstrations and laboratory exercises. Students

'will develop competencies in the operation of various microcomputers; however, we will also access

networking and communication technologies. Lectures will emphasize the human, social, and ethical

context of computer technology.

Midway our attention shifts more directly toward ways in which computer technology can be

implemented in the curriculum and classroom so that it enhances the personal and instructional

relationship between teacher and student. Lectures will emphasize procedures for courseware

selection and evaluation; models of the instructional process; case studies of computer applications in

various subject matter areas; means for creating courseware; and the psychology of human-computer

interactions. Students viii be expected to apply these issues to their teaching specializations. A

review paper assignment viii lay the groundwork for the analysis of a computer problem in

education. Microteaching exercises are designed to provide an opportunity for concrete experiences

in the development of microcomputer-based teaching skills.

EVALUATION:

• Participation in classroom discussions.

• Laboratory exercises that demonstrate specific implementations and principles

of computer-based instruction.

• Short tests related to lectures and readings.

* A short paper that reviews the application of computer-based technology

technology in a subject-matter area of your choice.

* Microcomputer microteaching exercises.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Kinzer, Sherwood, Bransford. Comp3LW Strategies for Education: Foundations

Merrill Publishing