Designs for Learning: Educational Uses of Computers

Regular Semester, 1986 ?

Instructor: Wolfgang Rothen

Thursday, 8:30 - 12:20

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Phone:

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291-3642

Location: MFX 8651

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Office: ?

MPX 8676

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 will be expected to apply these

issues to their 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 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 in a subject--matter area of your choice.

* Microcomputer microteaching exercises.

E3equired Textbook:

Harpers D.O. & Stewart, J.H. (1983) Run: Computer Education

Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.