Master of Arts in Educational Technology

Summer 2009

CEP 800: Learning in Schools and Other Settings

Instructors: Joseph Friedhoff, Brandon Blinkenberg

Description: Learning as an active, socially-mediated construction of knowledge in school, home, community, and work settings. What is learned, how it is taught and learned, and what learners bring to the setting.

CEP 807: Proseminar in Educational Technology

Instructors: Leigh Graves Wolf, Ken Dirkin

Description: Perspectives on educational technology, current theories, research findings, and methods of design and evaluation.

CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Computers

Instructor: Sue Way, Tammy Maginity

Description: Integration with productivity tools and web-based resources in school settings to improve teaching and learning.

CEP 812: Applying Education Technology to Problems of Practice

Instructor: Melissa White

Description: Applications of technology in K-12 settings. Define, implement, and evaluate technology based solutions to educational problems in school settings.

CEP 815: Technology and Leadership

Instructors: Joseph Friedhoff, Brandon Blinkenberg

Description: Professional development strategies. Project management, planning, and evaluation. Relationship building. Ethical and social implications of technology integration.

CEP 817: Learning Technology Through Design

Instructors: Leigh Graves Wolf, Ken Dirkin

Description: Design of educational tools and software. Designing for learners. Human computer interaction. Art and aesthetics of design. Iterative design. Collaboration in design.

CEP 818: Creativity in Teaching and Learning

Instructors: Leigh Graves Wolf, Ken Dirkin

Description: Value and relevance of creativity in education. Recognizing, analyzing, and supporting creativity in multiple contexts. Psychological, motivational, and organizational aspects of creativity.

CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research

Instructors: Joseph Friedhoff, Brandon Blinkenberg

Description: Alternative methods of educational research. Identifying researchable problems in education and developing a research proposal. Applications of descriptive and inferential statistics for analyzing and critiquing published studies.

TE 803: Professional Roles and Development

Instructor: Emily Moore

Description: School-agency alliances for fostering student learning. Strategies for working with families and community groups to improve responsiveness of the school curriculum to student needs. Child advocacy in the school and community.

TE 804: Reflections and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II

Instructor:  Ed Smith

Description:  Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on teaching, learning, and educational policy. Dilemmas surrounding research on practice. Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.

Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education

Spring 2008

CEP 416: Teaching and Learning with Technology
GEO 204: World Regional Geography
HST 203: U.S. History Since 1876
MTH 201: Mathematical Investigations I
MTH 202: Mathematical Investigations II
SME 301: Science for Elementary Schools
SPN 150: Intensive Review of Elementary Spanish
TE 150: Reflections on Learning
TE 250: Human Power and Opposing Social Institutions
TE 301: Learners and Learning in Context — Elementary
TE 401: Teaching Subject Matters to Diverse Learners
TE 402: Crafting Teaching Practices
TE 501: Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners I
TE 502: Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners II
TE 801: Professional Role & Teaching Practice I
TE 802: Reflection & Inquiry in Teaching Practice I
TE 803: Professional Role & Teaching Practice II
TE 804: Reflection & Inquiry in Teaching Practice II