COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BTÖ 5003 NEW APPROACHES IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Computer Education and Instructional Technology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERCAN AKPINAR

Offered to

Computer Education and Instructional Technology

Course Objective

To enable students learn theories, planning, designing and evaluation processes regarding technologies basing on competition and cooperation and constructivist environments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain technologies basing on competition and cooperation
2   To be aware of new developments in instructional technologies
3   To be able to design constructivist learning environments
4   To be able to put constructivist learning environments into practice
5   To be able to evaluate constructivist learning environments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Technologies basing on competition and cooperation
2 Constructivist environments: theory, planning, designing and evaluation
3 Constructivist environments: theory, planning, designing and evaluation
4 Constructivist environments: theory, planning, designing and evaluation
5 Constructivist environments: theory, planning, designing and evaluation
6 Using instructional software for content learning
7 Using instructional software for content learning
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Multimedia applications in classroom learning
10 Multimedia applications in classroom learning
11 Multimedia applications in classroom learning
12 Development and evaluation of constructivist materials
13 Development and evaluation of constructivist materials
14 Development and evaluation of constructivist materials
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bayram, S (1999). Bilgisayar Destekli Öğretim Teknolojileri. Istanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Yayınları.
2. Kaya, Z. (2002). Uzaktan Eğitim. Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, application, project development

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 and LO5 will be evaluated via an assignment and a project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation is compulsory for 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof Dr. Ercan AKPINAR
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Buca Eğitim Fakültesi
Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü
Hasan Ali Yücel Binası, Kat:3
35160Buca/Izmir/ TURKEY ercanakpinar@gmail.com

Office Hours

Wed 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 10 5 50
Midterm Preparation 3 5 15
Final Preparation 3 6 18
Paper Preparation 8 5 40
Others (Please indicate) 8 10 80
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 244

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.135445
LO.235444
LO.33553425
LO.43343424
LO.53553535