Dowling College

Course Code: EDU 6625

Course title: Educational Web-based Class Design I [online]

For Course materials see Blackboard

Prof. Elsa-Sofia Morote

Week 1. Introduction Week 2.

Parts of an educational Website

Week 3. Your School district regulations Week 4. Selecting a host, preparing your website structure Week 5. Planning your website Structure. Presenting a storyboard for your classroom website (deadline weeks 1 to 5:  Monday, March 2, 1o am)
Week 6.

Teacher tube creation

video 1. Extra instructions

Video 2. Compressing an AVI file

Week X.  (Spring recess no classes- March 8-14)

Week 7. Teacher tube creation

Week 8. blogging Week 9. blogging Week 10.Multimedia Addition to your website.

(deadline weeks 6 to 10: Monday, April 12, 10 am)

Week 11. Working in your lesson content (Short week)- Passover and Good Friday Week 12. Designing a homework and classroom assessment Week 13. Communication with parents for parents Week 14. Finalizing your classroom website Week 15. Presentation of your complete classroom website (deadline weeks 11-15: Monday, May 11, 10 am)

 

1. Course Description.

2. Course Rationale.

3. Course Requirements.

4. Proposed Course Textbook and additional required readings

5. Course Outline, Tentative Course Schedule and Policies.

6. Course Objectives/ Outcomes – Standards - Assessment

6.2. Course Projects Description:

6.3. Policies.

6.5. Grading Criteria:

7. References.

7.1. Electronic References.  

 


 

1. Course Description

 

Course description: This course is concerned with the planning, production and evaluation of computer-based instructional materials. Students use authoring programs and multimedia software to produce and deliver computer-based instruction in educational settings. There is an emphasis on the design and development of instructional materials and applications to facilitate learning among students in K-12 settings that employ web-based instructional options. Interactions among the school, home, and community for enhancing student learning and improving interpersonal relationship using the Internet occur regularly throughout the course.

Prerequisite: Edu 5611 or permission of the Instructor

 

2. Course Rationale

 

To apply instructional design, computer authoring concepts, authoring tools and multimedia software to design and develop instructional materials; to describe ways to incorporate these applications into instruction, training or job tasks.  The curriculum concentrates on the application of the computer and other emerging technologies to education.

 

3. Course Requirements

·         Prerequisite: 5611 or Permission of the instructor

·         Hardware Required:

    • Computer Access
    • Online Access

·         Software Required:

    • Microsoft Office (eg. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
    • Internet Browser
    • Email Account
  • Macromedia Products: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks
  • Adobe Products: Photoshop, Acrobat Reader
  • Microsoft: Front Page, Word, PowerPoint, Frontpage
  • Internet Learning System: Blackboard
  • Other

 

4. Proposed Course Textbook and additional required readings

 

Internet and Web Design for Teachers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Virtual Classroom

http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0321077512,00.html

 

5. Course Outline, Tentative Course Schedule and Policies

 

6. Course Objectives/ Outcomes – Standards - Assessment

Upon completion of this course, students will

Assessment

1.1 Develop an Instructional System Design

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

2.3 Use Computer-Based Technologies

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

2.4 Integrated Technologies into Classroom, and involved parents in the instructional process.

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

3.1 Use Media  for presentation and involve community, associations and business in the learning cycle.

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

4.3 Delivery System Management. Provide a window of communication with parents regarding children’s performance and class activities.

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

2.2.5 Identify, select, and integrate video and digital images in varying formats for use in presentation, publications and or other products.

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

2.3.3 Use imaging devises such as scanner, digital cameras, and or video cameras with computer systems and software

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

2.4.1 Use a variety of media, presentation and authoring packages.

Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations

 

2.4.2 Identify basic principles of instructional design associated with the development of multimedia and hypermedia learning materials.

A comprehensive final exam

2.4.2 Develop simple hypermedia and multimedia products that apply basic instructional design principles.

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

2.4.3 Select appropriate tools for communicating concepts, conducting research, and solving problems for an intended audience and purpose.

A comprehensive final exam

2.4.5 Identify examples of emerging programming, authoring or problem solving environments.

An Opinion Paper

2.4.7 Use a computer projection device to support and deliver oral presentations

Present a final project that demonstrates your knowledge of a successful lesson integrating technology

 

2.4.10 Conduct research and evaluate on-line sources of information that support and enhance the curriculum

Present a final project that demonstrates your knowledge of a successful lesson integrating technology

 

3.1 Teaching Methodology. Plan, deliver and assess concepts and skills relevant to educational computing and technology literacy across the curriculum.

A comprehensive final exam

3.1.1  Design a set of evaluation strategies and methods that will assess the effectiveness of instructional units that integrate computers / technology

An Opinion Paper

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

4.2  Use Instructional Design and Product Development, Evaluate authoring environments for use in the classroom. Apply Instructional design principles to develop, Implement and test interactive multimedia instructional products using authoring environments.

An Opinion Paper

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

4.2.1 Use and apply more than one computer authoring and/or programming environment

An Opinion Paper

4.2.2 Describe the characteristics and uses of current authoring environments and evaluate their appropriateness for classroom applications.

A comprehensive final exam

4.2.3 Describe the characteristics and uses of current programming and scripting environments and evaluate their appropriateness for classroom use.

A comprehensive final exam

4.2.4 Apply instructional design principles to the design of screens, text, graphics, audio, and video in instructional products under development

-Present a final project that demonstrates your knowledge of a successful lesson integrating technology

-Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

 

4.2.5 Describe and practice strategies for testing and evaluating instructional products designed

A comprehensive final exam

4.2.6 Apply instructional design principles to develop substantive interactive multimedia computer-bed instructional products.

Design web-based Class and collaboration tools

4.3.3 Create multimedia presentations using advanced features of a presentation tool and deliver them using computer presentation systems.

Present a final project that demonstrates your knowledge of a successful lesson integrating technology

 

 

 Students will be able to (Numeric designations are correlations to Standards for the accreditation of advanced programs in Educational Communications and Instructional Technology (ECIT-Chapter 3)

6.2. Course Projects Description:

  1.  Design web-based Class and collaboration tools:

    plan classroom instruction that integrates Create, Edit and Updated a multipage, educational website (Designing a Story Board) (20%)

      Develop multimedia instructional materials that incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into multimedia presentations (blogs, teachertube) (20%)

    Content: Use current authoring tools to design and deliver computer-based instructional materials (20%)

  2. Discussion Boards and homework activities: Discuss several topics on how technology allows students to represent and communicate what they learn (20%)

  3. Present a final project that demonstrates your knowledge of a successful lesson integrating technology in a your classroom website (20%)

6.3. Policies

“Any student with a documented disability who may require special accommodations should self-identify to the instructor as early in the quarter as possible to receive effective and timely accommodations.”

 

 

6.5. Grading Criteria:

A+       Exemplary graduate work

A         Very good graduate work

A-        Very good graduate work with some minor areas for improvement

B+       Satisfactory graduate work with one or two important weakness identified

B         Satisfactory graduate work with a few important weaknesses identified

B-        Barely meets the criteria sufficient for graduate work quality

C         Major shortcomings in work quality

F          Unacceptable

 

 

 

7. References

See Blackboard