Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BTÖ 5010	LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESSES	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8

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

In this course, current learning-teaching strategies, methods, and techniques, as well as the integration of contemporary technology in education, are examined from diverse and critical perspectives. The aim is to demonstrate how these can be utilized in the instruction of course subjects and to analyze related research in the field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to explain teaching and learning approaches
2	To be able to explain current approaches in concept teaching
3	To be able to evaluate teaching materials in terms of learning theories
4	To be able to evaluate current technology supported teaching materials
5	To be able to evaluate the teaching materials used in current technology supported concept teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Learning Theories
2	Teaching strategies
3	Metacognition and learning
4	Introduction to concepts of teaching and learning
5	Concept Learning and Teaching Application Development
6	Current approaches in concept teaching
7	Interdisciplinary concept teaching
8	General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9	Misconceptions
10	Developing learning materials for misconceptions
11	Concept teaching with games and gamification
12	Game and gamification application development
13	Using current technologies in teaching concepts
14	Evaluation of concept teaching
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ulusoy A. (2002). Gelişim ve Öğrenme. Ankara. Anı Yayıncılık.
Yeşilyaprak B. (Edt) (2006). Eğitim Psikolojisi. Ankara: Pegem A Yayıncılık.
Bigge M. L. & Shermis, S. S. (2003). Learning theories for teachers (6th Ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Borich, G. D. (2007). Effective teaching methods (6th Ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Bower, G. H. & Hilgard, E. R. (1981). Theories of learning (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. Brew, A. (2010). Imperatives and challenges in integrating teaching and research. Higher Education Research & Development, 29 (2), 139-150.
Eggen, P. D. & Kauchak, D. P. (1997). Educational psychology (3rd Ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Olson, M. H. & Hergenhahn, B. R. (2009). An introduction to theories of learning. (8th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, applications, 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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 and LO5 will be evaluated via an exam, 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
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahar BARAN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Buca Eğitim Fakültesi
Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü
35160 Buca/Izmir/ TURKEY

Office Hours

Wedn. 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical	13	3	39
Paper Preparation	4	5	20
Pre Class Self Study	10	10	100
Midterm Preparation	1	5	5
Final Preparation	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	4	10	40
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Final Exam	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			212

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	4	2	5	5
LO.2	4	1	4	4
LO.3	5	2	5	5
LO.4	4	3	4	4
LO.5	5	2	5	5

COURSE UNIT TITLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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