COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BTE 2002 LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF BUĞRA KUZU DEMIR

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

In this course, students are aimed to gain knowledge, skills and competence about basic principals and purpose of teaching IT; history of teaching IT; reflection of learning and teaching approaches on teaching IT; basic skills of teaching IT; sample in-class practices; current trends and issues in teaching IT; components of teaching IT effectively; social, cultural and economical point-of-views of teaching IT.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain basic principals of teaching IT.
2   To be able to discuss reflection of learning and teaching approaches on teaching IT.
3   To be able to explain basic skills of teaching IT.
4   To be able to classify components of teaching IT effectively.
5   To be able to evaluate social, cultural and economical point-of-views of teaching IT.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Purpose of teaching IT
2 Basic principals of teaching IT
3 History of teaching IT
4 Reflection of learning approaches on teaching IT
5 Reflection of teaching approaches on teaching IT
6 Basic skills of teaching IT
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Sample in-class practices
9 Current trends in teaching IT
10 Current issues in teaching IT
11 Components of teaching IT effectively
12 Social point-of-views of teaching IT
13 Cultural point-of-views of teaching IT
14 Economical point-of-views of teaching IT
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Crawford, R. (2013). The ICT Teacher s Handbook: Teaching, learning and managing ICT in the secondary school. Routledge.
Ekici, G. & Güven, M. (2013). Öğrenme-Öğretme Yaklaşımları ve Uygulama Örnekleri. Pegem Akademi.
Kurt, M. & Alkan, C. (2014). Özel Öğretim Yöntemleri Disiplinlerin Öğretim Teknolojisi. Anı Yayınları.
Leask, M., & Pachler, N. (2013). Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School: A companion to school experience. Routledge.
Younie, S., Leask, M., & Burden, K. (2014). Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School. Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, observation, group study, case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework, discussion, student reflections, test

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Elif Buğra Kuzu Demir
Dokuz Eylül University
Buca Faculty of Education
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies
Hasan Ali Yücel Building
35160 Buca/Izmir/ Turkey

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 13 1 13
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11355542111
LO.21355542111
LO.31355542111
LO.41355542111
LO.51355542111

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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