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SUMMER SESSION 1995 ?

D. Bell

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401i402.

OBJECTIVES

Recent developments in microelectronics have hastened the arrival of computers in the

classroom. This course will examine the various ways that computers might influence the

teaching-learning process and classroom management.

Students in this course will:

a)

develop competencies in the operation of microcomputers.

b)

develop skills related to the selection, evaluation and utilization of computer-based

learning materials.

c) develop an awareness of the ways computers can be used to support the instructional and

administrative tasks of teachers.

d)

develop a critical awareness of the role of computers in society and the implication of this

for education.

This is an introductory course in which students will develop a level of computer literacy

su

ffi cient

for the intelligent and critical utilization of existing microcomputer hardware and

software. It is not a course designed to prepare teachers to teach computing science courses nor will

it prepare teachers to write computer-assisted learning materials.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

1. Operation of Microcomputers

a)

components and their function

b)

connecting and peripheral devices

c)

programs and programming

2. Modes of computer utilization

a)

the computer as instructor

b)

the computer as laboratory

c)

the computer as object of study

d)

the computer as teacher's aide

COURSE ACTIVITIES

3. Selection and utilization of software

a)

sources of materials

b)

evaluation of courseware

c)

integrating computers in the

curriculum

4. Computer literacy

a)

print and non-print materials on computers

b)

role of computers in schools and society

c)

status of computers in B.C. schools

d) use and misuse of computers in education

Course activities will consist of lectures, demonstrations, readings and laboratories.

EVALUATION

1.

Lab Exercises ...............................................................50%

2.

Maintenance of an Internet Journal .....................................20%

3. Implementation ?

Project ?

....................................................30%

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS

Hirschbuhl, John J. (ed.). Computers in Education. Dushkin, 6th edition.