Designing Educational Technologies will engage participants in design and analysis of technology-enhanced curriculum materials. Students will explore the impact of technology-enhanced curriculum on student learning, study educational policy influences on curriculum design, analyze research methods that inform the design process, and review theories of curriculum design with technology. The class will critique various innovations, interview designers, and develop criteria for effective designs. Students will design their own innovation or customize an existing design with guidance from the instructors.
Course activities include a) technology analyses using the Design Principles Database, b) technology critiques, c) readings, online discussion, and class discussions, and d) a course project.
This course explores contemporary issues in gender, mathematics, science, technology, and engineering.
