ETEC 510: Design of Technology-Supported Learning Environments (core course)

Description

Design of technology-supported learning environments. An online seminar examining research, and exemplary media tools, as these inform the design of technology-mediated environments. We will explore constructivist and sociocultural theories of mind, learning and instruction and their significance for the design of educational technologies and environments. Students will design a technology-supported learning environment.

We recommend that students complete the four required core courses as early in your program as possible.

Objectives

1. 1. Participants will discuss different theories of learning and examine models of design and educational media.
   2. Participants will learn to identify relevant affordances of educational media, and to think analytically and critically about pedagogical models and related designs.
   3. Participants will be immersed in a broad and significant field of academic knowledge pertaining to the design of technology-supported educational spaces.
   4. Participants will discuss a wide range of formal and informal learning environments, including games, e-learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, instructional software, and social networking sites.
   5. Participants will learn to analyze learning situations and identify associated technology-related design challenges.
   6. Participants will develop skills in the design of educational media, and the integration of design thinking with scholarship in education.

Topics

Module 1:

Course Introduction

Module 2:

Education, by Design

Module 3:

Constructivist Learning Environments: Designs for Thinking

Module 4:

Designs for Serious Play

Module 5:

Designs for e-Learning Environments

Module 6:

Learning 2.0 – Designing Educational Futures, Now

Assignments

• • Participation in online discussion forum (25%)
  • Design Project Proposal (10%)
  • Design Project (40%)
  • Contributions to Design Wiki (25%)