Studies in Edu Technology

1-3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course will invite students to examine the evolution of educational technology in higher education through various lenses, some broad such as sociocultural and legal, while others are more focused on information systems and management, instructional development, and innovation. Conducted as a survey of the history of educational technology, students will be invited to engage in focused research around various technologies to serve as an inflection point for the cultural assumptions undergirding the intersection of teaching and learning with technology. What’s arguably unique about this course is that students will work both independently and together to create a series of video segments wherein their research will be shared more broadly as part of an 1980s themed educational video series for kids. So, the course will oscillate amongst several elements: broad reading, focused research, and applied creative video production. The course will be a hybrid format, so we will meet face-to-face for at least part of the semester, and remotely for the remainder.