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Course descriptions are provided, below.  Course titles (ASU only) are linked to corresponding syllabi:

ASU

Advanced Web Design for Education – the study of web page designs and elements that allow the development of interactive web-based learning activities. Topics include the role of interactive web elements in learning activities, how to design good interactive learning web sites, and connecting databases to web pages.

Computers in Educational Settings – an exploration of the role of computers in educational settings. The exploration includes the current issues in educational computing in various educational settings and research on the use and trends of computers in learning environments. Other topics include distance educational delivery systems, hypermedia, telecommunications, and planning. Emphasis is placed on using the knowledge base to develop practical applications.

Doctoral Seminar: Educational Organizations and Technology – Students in this course develop strategies for forming and implementing a vision for incorporating computer and communications technologies into educational settings. They have an opportunity, as current and future educational leaders, to investigate examples of these technologies in schools and other educational settings. These experiences, combined with appropriate leadership skills, enable current and future educational leaders to plan successfully for and to implement computer and communications technologies into their respective educational settings.

Hypermedia in Instruction – Exploration of the various forms of hypermedia available to educators and their role in the learning setting. Particular attention is given to the development of learning activities that take advantage of the hypermedia environment.

Integrating Computer Technology into Instruction – The study of processes that facilitate the incorporation of computer capabilities into the K-12 school curriculum, including the identification of appropriate instructional settings for computer use and the means to support teachers as they introduce the use of computers into the curriculum. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the use of the computer as a tool that enables learning.

Internship – Supervised experiences of leadership and management under the direction of competent personnel or study of problems in a public school, public school system, or other appropriate agency/institution.

Issues in Learning with Computers – Students explore selected issues related to the use of computer technology in learning settings from several perspectives and identify actions that may be effective related to those issues. Topics addressed in the class are selected from current issues having significant impact on learning settings.

Telecommunications Technologies in Education – The exploration of telecommunications in the learning environment, including attributes of learning activities that take advantage of telecommunications facilities, establishing and running learning activities using telecommunications technologies, types of technologies and networks available, setting up telecommunications connections, and maintaining telecommunications facilities.

Lehigh

Curriculum Construction - a practical introduction to curriculum design and development. This course engages students in the construction of curricula based on selected curriculum design models and historical, sociological, and philosophical concepts that drive curriculum development. Curriculum development strategies are applied to selected educational problems.

School Curriculum - an examination of current issues involving the implementation and assessment of curriculum in learning environments--with particular emphasis on K-12 schools. Issues are examined through case studies, curriculum design, and cooperative projects.

Foundations of Teaching - an examination of current issues facing those who have chosen teaching as a profession, including: the historical, philosophical, and social foundations for actions in schools, student diversity, effective teaching, school organization and governance, finance, law, and the role of the teacher as a professional. Issues are examined through case studies, peer teaching, lesson planning, and a field experience.

Seminar in Elementary and Secondary Ed - provides an opportunity for critical analysis and discussion of classroom instructional practices based on experiences of participants as they engage in teaching. Issues are examined through case studies, peer teaching, lesson planning, and a field experience.

Doctoral Seminar: Learning in a Wired World - an examination of current issues of implementation and assessment of technology in various learning environments--with particular emphasis on K-12 schools. These issues include: How does being 'connected' change the way we educate?; How does one 'think philosophically' about technology and curriculum?; How will current (and future) technologies change what we know and how we learn?; What do we do when technology begins to 'fight back?'. Issues are examined through case studies, research reports, class discussions, and our own reflective writing.