IDT 315: Emerging Technologies for Learning
In this course, students will become acquainted with a variety of educational technologies, and they will select one or more for inclusion in a lesson plan for an online learning experience.
This is an undergraduate instructional design course that I designed and developed.
Course Description
This course will focus on the use and theoretical basis of a variety of emerging technologies for learning. Introduces trends and issues in emerging technologies, online teaching, usability and accessibility, and lesson plan design utilizing technology.
Learning Goals
Upon completion of IDT 315, students will be able to:
- Examine the theoretical basis and issues regarding a variety of emerging technologies;
- Assess a learning activity that incorporates one (or more) emerging technologies;
- Evaluate and compare a variety of emerging technologies as they relate to theories of learning;
- Investigate, analyze, and discuss ways in which emerging technologies are likely to change the teaching and learning process; and
- Locate, analyze, compare, and select resources that use emerging technologies for effective teaching and learning.
Course Reader
It’s difficult to locate good instructional design textbooks, let alone free or openly licensed content. Thus, I created a course reader using largely openly licensed materials:
Emerging Technologies for Learning
Syllabus
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This syllabus and course are licensed CC BY NC 4.0.