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Schedule

  • Course length: 8 weeks
Lesson 1: Foundations of Learning and Technology
Lesson 1

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (37 pages)
  • 1 – Defining Educational Technology (pp. 3-15)
  • 2 – Values, Foundations, and a Framework (pp. 16-30)
  • 7 – Theories of Human Development (pp. 65-73)
Topical Articles/Readings
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technology Integration
  • Review syllabus - directing questions to the general discussion forum

Assignments:

  • Flipgrid self-introduction (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Discussion Forum: What was the best educational technology that you have ever used or experienced? Why was that technology so helpful to you? (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Flipgrid: Chapter 7 theories reflection: Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson - Which is most relevant/informative to your primary learning setting? (by Saturday, 12:00 p.m. ET)
  • Google Drive Setup, Create Google Doc, share doc, submit it to the practice drop box (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
Lesson 2: Learning and Performance
Lesson 2

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (21 pages)
  • 3 – Learning and Performing (pp. 31-40)
  • 8 – Theories of Learning and Performance (pp. 74-86)
Topical Articles/Readings
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Internet - Impact and Potential for Learning and Instruction 
  • RIPPLES Model Introduction
  • Surry 2002 (Course Reserves)
  • Surry 2005
  • Introduce Integration Blueprints (lesson page)

Assignments:

  • Earn the MOOCs and Badges badge from Penn State (which includes earning a second badge)
    • Post the links to the earned badges (or other completion credentials) to the drop box
  • Flipgrid: Reflection on MOOCs and Badges (after earning two badges, by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET) answering three questions:
    1. How can badges (or MOOCs, or both) be used in your specialty area?
    2. Are they suitable for every learning environment?
    3. If you have a desired learning goal, can they realistically help you to reach your goal?
  • RIPPLES Matrix: Describe in your own words (Google Doc template submitted to drop box by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Optional - Self-Study Only: Word-Matching Activity for Chapter 8, p. 83 of Spector 2016 (Google Doc template, do not submit)
  • As needed: General Discussion Forum: Integration Blueprint Q&A Discussion Forum (ungraded, perpetual)
Lesson 3: Teaching and Training
Lesson 3

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (16 pages)

  • 4 – Teaching and Training (pp. 41-48)
  • 5 – Technology Support for Learning, Instruction, and Performance (pp. 49-57)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • Simulation Training in Healthcare
  • Simulation Training in the Military
  • Simulation Training for Educators
  • Military Immersion Technology
  • Training workplace employees

Assignments:

  • Forum Post: Choose one scenario (1 or 2) and reply to prompts accordingly (Initial post due by Saturday 12:00 p.m. ET, and two responses by Tuesday 11:59 p.m. ET):

    1. Scenario 1: Answer the three questions with respect to your personal experience in a technology training you’ve been a part of.
    2. Scenario 2: Answer the three questions with respect to your personal experience in a training you have conducted.
    3. extension for both scenarios: Can you think of how training with simulation could have been utilized to advance the level of expertise among all participants?
  • As needed: Questions about the blueprints assignment to the Integration Blueprint Q&A Discussion Forum (same forum as mentioned in Lesson 2)
Lesson 4: Communication and Instruction
Lesson 4

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (32 pages)

  • 9 – Theories of Information and Communications (pp. 87-98)
  • 10 – Instructional Theories and Instructional Design Theories (pp. 99-120)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Information and Communications Technology for Formal Education

Assignments:

  • Integration Blueprint 1 Due by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. EST
  • Chapter 10 Activity: Description of a typical learning environment and of what that learning environment would look like if it employed cognitive apprenticeship (submitted to drop box by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Forum Post: Go back to the scenarios that you wrote about in Lesson 2. Were Gagne’s 9 events present? What were they? (Initial post due by Saturday 12:00 p.m. ET, and respond to two classmates by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
Lesson 5: Introducing and Integrating Technology
Lesson 5

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (16 pages)

  • 6 – Integrative Approaches to Planning and Implementation (pp. 58-62)
  • 11 – Introducing Innovative Technologies and Managing Change (pp. 123-133)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Predicting Change and Adoption of Technology Innovations
  • Diffusion of Innovations
  • Utilizing Tablets in the Workplace
  • Teaching Through Virtual Reality
  • What Successful Technology Integration Looks Like

Assignments:

  • Play diffusion game and record Flipgrid reaction responses (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Continue work on Blueprint 2 (due next week)
Lesson 6: Building Knowledge and Skills with Technology
Lesson 6

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (28 pages)

  • 12 – Teaching with Technology (pp. 134-145)
  • 13 – Educational Technologies in the Workplace (pp. 146-154)
  • 17 – Professional Preparation and Training (pp. 189-196)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • Bower, Matt (2008). Affordance analysis: Matching learning tasks with learning technologies.
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Twenty-First-Century Technology Skills
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Information and Communications Technologies: Competencies in the Workplace
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Diffusion of New Technologies in the Workplace
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies in Mathematics Education
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies in Science Education
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Simulation-Based Learning
  • Utilizing Immersive Technology in the Military
  • The Importance of Lifelong Learning in the Workplace
  • Why Technology Training Is Important

Assignments:

  • Integration Blueprint 2 due by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET
  • Affordances Activity: Analyze a given educational technology (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
    • Canvas LMS
    • Google Earth, or
    • iPads (submit Google Doc to drop box)
  • Spector (2016, p. 142) Activity on Cultural Implications of Your Learning Environment. Select five of Bruner’s implications and describe those implications in your learning environment (submit Google Doc to drop box by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
Lesson 7: Principles of Design and Integration of Technologies
Lesson 7

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (42 pages)

  • 14 – Designing Technology-Supported Learning Environments (pp. 155-165)
  • 15 – Integrating Technologies into Activities and Tasks (pp. 166-174)
  • 16 – Educational Technology Principles and Examples in a Variety of Contexts (pp. 177-188)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technology, Pedagogy, and the Learning Society

Assignments:

  • Small-group (or individual, if desired) presentation on designing technology supported learning environments (Submit presentation link/file submitted to drop box by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Improve the Textbook Activity Based on Spector (2016) Chapter 16 Layout: military, cybercharter or alternative K-12 education, or informal/community learning (Google Doc outline submitted to drop box by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Continue work on Blueprint 3 (due next week)

Lesson 8: Emerging Technologies and Scalability
Lesson 9

Readings:

Textbook Chapters (18 pages)

  • 18 – Scalability and Replication Studies (pp. 197-203)
  • 19 – Emerging Technologies (pp. 204-214)

Topical Articles/Readings

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Games in Military Training
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Learning in the Defense Sector with Simulated Systems
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Agents in Informal E-Learning
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Wearable Learning Environments
  • Wearables in the Classroom
  • Utilizing Fitbits
  • Drones: What are they and how do they work?

Assignments:

  • Integration Blueprint 3 due by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET
  • Read CES 2017 wrap-up articles and compose —Flipgrid response (by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. ET)
  • Course SRTE submission
  • Optional - Extra Credit: 
 
Extra Credit: Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technologies
Lesson 10

Readings:

  • Universal Design and Assistive Technology Lesson Pages

Topical Articles/Readings

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Universal Design
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Universal Design for Learning
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Assistive Technology

AND then choose three (3) of the following and read

  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Mobile Assistive Technology
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Assistive Technology for Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies to Enhance Communication for Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies for Persons With Dyslexia
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies for Persons With Hearing Impairments
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies for persons with physical disabilities
  • SAGE Encyclopedia: Technologies for Persons With Visual Impairments

Assignments:

  • Optional - For Extra Credit: Review the readings listed above and complete the Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning - Affordance Analysis Matrix (Google Doc template submitted to drop box anytime, but before the final Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. ET)

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