American

University Prof. Alex Hodges

EDU 616: The Uses of Technology in Education
WEEKLY SCHEDULE SPRING 2017 EDU 616.002.902
Note: These details are subject to change. Be aware of in-class & online announcements.
Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

Jan. 19 Introduction to the Course
Week 1 Review syllabus & schedule
Activity:
Online Watch PBS Frontline, digital_nation

Jan. 26 Online Safety & Privacy Viewing Due:
Week 2 Activities: PBS Frontline, digital_nation
Discuss PBS Frontline, digital_nation
In-Person Intro to course and PBworks Homework #1: Bring to class
Response to documentary

Feb. 2 What is Web 2.0? Reading Due:
Week 3 Online Lecture: (Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent
Explore Web 2.0 for classroom use Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory into
Online Review Web 2.0 vocabulary: Practice
Social Networks Blogs Wikis 1) (Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild on
Content Management Systems the Web, Shapira, Washington Post
Learning Management Systems 2)
RSS IM/SMS/MMS Others Homework #2: Post by 2/2, 11:59pm
Post to PBworks

Feb. 9 What is a Community of Practice (CoP)? Reading Due:
Week 4 Lecture/Class Discussion: (Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy
Lecture: Introduce CoP principles Through Mashing and Moddling of
In-Person Places and Spaces, Hedberg & Brudvik,
Activities: Theory Into Practice
Learning style inventory (Bb) A conceptual perspective: theory
CoP-InTASC standards exercise and practice, Wenger, Communities of
Practice: Learning, Meaning, and
Identity
(Bb) InTASC Model Core Teaching
Standards

Homework #3: Post by 2/9, 4pm
Post to individual PBworks page

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Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

Feb. 16 Information & Digital Literacy in Action Reading Due:
Week 5 Activity: (Bb) Pew Internet & American Life
Use information literacy to critique The Impact of Digital Tools on Student
Online information literacy Writing, Purcell, Buchanan, & Friedrich
(Bb) NMC/CoSN Horizon Report, Adams
Activity: Becker, et al.
Complete the Library Research Tutorial (Bb) Standards for the 21st Century
http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/infolit Learner, AASL

Feb. 23 Evaluating Web Sources & Software Reading Due:
Week 6 Lecture: (Bb) Chapter 7, Literacy, boyd, Its
Introduce information literacies Complicated
Online Discuss the critical evaluation of Web-
based curriculum materials
Review WebQuests

Quiz #1
Midterm Web Evaluation Project assigned

Mar. 2 Midterm Project Nothing Due:
Week 7 Activity: Work on project
Work on project
Online

Mar. 9 Learning Theory & Instructional Design (1) Reading Due:
Week 8 Lecture/Activity: (Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 1-4
Introduce instructional design principles,
In-Person part 1
Discussion: Midterm Project Questions

Mar. 16 SPRING BREAK No In-person Class
NO
CLASS

Mar. 20 Midterm Web Evaluation Project DUE Midterm Due:
Monday ONLINE ONLY Post on PBworks individual page
by Mon, 3/20, 11:59pm
Mar. 23 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Reading Due:
Week 9 Overview of UDL CAST UDL, Ch. 6: Designing for all:
Discuss UDL & ed tech integration What is a UDL curriculum?
Online http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login

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EDU 616: The Uses of Technology in Education
Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

Mar. 30 Learning Theory & Instructional Design (2) Homework #4: Post by 3/30, 4pm
Week 10 Lecture/Activity: Post to individual PBworks page
Groups introduce instructional design
In-Person principles, part 2 Reading Due:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 5-8

Apr. 6 Final Project Homework #5: Post by 4/6, 11:59pm
Week 11 Work on Final Projects Post Final Project Proposal to individual
PBworks page
Online

Apr. 13 Adventures in Multimedia Required In-Class Individual
Week 12 Lecture: Conferences:
Learn how to use free website builders for Discuss your final project plans with
In-Person WebQuests instructor and peer groups

Quiz #2: Group Quiz

Apr. 20 Independent Work on Final Project Ungraded Assignment:
Week 13 Activity: Post by 4/20, 11:59pm
Complete Step 2 of the Final Project, the Article Post Step 2: Article Review to individual
Online Review portion of the final report PBworks page



Apr. 27 Final Project Informal Presentations
Week 14 Final Project Instructions & Conferences
Review how to create final report
In-Person Work time, peer support, and
troubleshooting session for final project
Activity:
Peer Evaluations of Final Projects
Input on Teaching from Students
(ITS, formerly SETs)


May 4 Final Project ALL parts due Final Project Due:
Week 15 Project Report, Screencasts & Websites are Post report, screencast & WebQuest to
viewable online linked from PBworks. individual wiki page
Online by Thurs, 5/4, 11:59pm