EDU540
Preview: EDU540 : Designing, Developing and Evaluating Educational Technology
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
In this course, students learn how to design and evaluate new technologies for learning environments. Various media, software, and applications
are covered for web-based and mobile devices. Students also learn how to assess and evaluate the process and effects of technological
enhancements on learning.
Required Resources
Linda Harasim. 2017. Learning
Theory
and
Online
Technologies (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Learning Theories . 2020. https://www.learning-theories.com/
A Different Way to Think About Technology in Education: Greg Toppo at TEDxAshburn. 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D17P3kqB3_0
Educational Technology & Learning Theories: Behaviorism. 2014. https://edtechtheory.weebly.com/other-psychological-approaches.html
Marisa Keramida. Behaviorism in Instructional Design for eLearning: When and How to Use. 2015. https://elearningindustry.com/behaviorism-in-
instructional-design-for-elearning-when-and-how-to-use
Gagne’s Events of 9 Instruction. No date. https://citt.ufl.edu/resources/the-learning-process/designing-the-learning-experience/gagnes-9-events-
of-instruction/
Teaching Secondary Reading: Schema Theory. No date. http://www2.csudh.edu/tsr/schema-theory.html
Schema Theory Example. 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4HHCgFmkcI
Philippos Pouyioutas. 2012. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in the Digital Era of the Internet, Web 2.0 Applications, Social Networks and Second
Life An – Educational, Political and Social Interpretation. IADIS International Conference ICT, Society and Human Beings.
https://www.academia.edu/3694891/Plato_s_Allegory_of_the_Cave_in_the_Digital_Era_of_the_Internet_Web_2.0_Applications_Social_Networks
_and_Second_Life_An_Educational_Political_and_Social_Interpretation
Jordan Weissmann. 2018. Amazon Created Hiring Tool Using A.I. a It Immediately Started Discriminating Against
Women.https://slate.com/business/2018/10/amazon-artificial-intelligence-hiring-discrimination-women.html
Carl Smith. 2018. Artificial Intelligence That Can Teach? It’s Already Happening.https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-06-16/artificial-
intelligence-that-can-teach-is-already-happening/9863574
Jeffrey R. Young. 2018. MOOCs are No Longer Massive. And They Serve Different Audiences Than First Imagined (audio of text available as
well). https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-08-21-moocs-are-no-longer-massive-and-they-serve-different-audiences-than-first-imagined
IBM Watson Classroom. 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLhL44WsI0
It’s About Augmented Intelligence, not Artificial Intelligence. April 5, 2018. https://www.informationweek.com/big-data/ai-machine-learning/its-
about-augmented-intelligence-not-artificial-intelligence/a/d-id/1331460
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Course Learning Outcomes
Weekly Course Schedule
Week 1 - To Do List
Discuss: Introduce yourself to your classmates and your professor.
Learn: Read Chapter 1 in Learning
Theory
and
Online
Technologies.
Learn: View Learning Theories.
Discuss: Participate in the discussion, Learning Theories and Technology.
Week 2 - To Do List
Learn: Read Chapter 2Learning
Theory
and
