HI 5316 Emerging Technologies for Teaching, Learning, and Research

Participants in this course will use emerging technologies to address challenges in teaching, learning and research.  The focus is on using theory to drive the incorporation of technology for educators, informaticists and researchers.  Participants will combine theories, selected technologies, appropriate pedagogy, instructional design and usability.  The process will follow a model developed by the instructors to apply emerging technologies to solve problems.

Topics

1.    Introduction to Emerging Technologies and Learning Theories
2.    Introduction to Evaluation of Online Technology and Use of Technology
3.    User-created Content - Creating
4.    User-created Content – Finding, tagging
5.    Asynchronous Communication and Social Networking
6.    Synchronous Communication
7.    New Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication
8.    Virtual Worlds
9.    Game-based Learning
10.    Mobile Learning
11.    Courseware, Learning Managements Systems, Content management systems, Learning Objects
12.    Project work
13.    Project work
14.    In Class Student Presentations
15.    In Class Student Presentations
16.    Poster Session

Prerequisites

Consent of instructor