COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESSES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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

The objective of this course is to present teaching-learning theories and their connection with the instructional technologies.

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 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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14255
LO.24144
LO.35255
LO.44344
LO.55255

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

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