EDUCATION 6610:
Research in computers in the curriculum


  • DESCRIPTION
    Research in Computers in the Curriculum is a graduate-level course that provides an opportunity to gain insight into the research in educational technology. Course participants will actively participate in inquiry, discussion, analysis of the research literature as well as dissemination of research to academic audiences.

  • FORMAT
    Throughout the course, participants are involved in completing various readings, discussing and reflecting, corresponding with the instructor and with other participants, and completing tasks and assignments. The course is designed to engage participants as active learners. There are no face-to-face, real-time sessions for this course. It is delivered entirely asynchronously by distance.

    This is a 3 credit course which, if offered in face-to-face, synchronous mode would involve 3 hours per week of class instruction over a 12 week period. This amount is in addition to the time which students would be expected to devote to class and assignment preparation. It is expected that students will devote approximately 100-120 hours to the course.

  • COURSE RESOURCES
    There is no text-book required for this course. All readings and resources come from peer-reviewed educational technology journals the names of which will be provided to you by your instructor.

  • COURSE CONTENT & EVALUATION
    The course consists of 3 modules over 12 weeks as follows:

    • Module 1: Annotated bibliography of 15 sources on a learning/teaching theme in the peer-reviewed educational-technology literature.
    • Module 2: Analysis of the findings of the theme based on the module 1 synthesis.
    • Module 3: Dissemination of the results of the analysis to academic and non academic audiences using a slidecast and website.

  • EVALUATION

    • Module 1: 20%
    • Module 2: 25%
    • Module 3: 25%
    • Online evidence-based discussion (6 posts) in which you demonstrate your knowledge of and critical thinking about educational technology issues: 30%

  • INSTRUCTOR
    The instructor for Ed6610 is Dr. Elizabeth Murphy. She can be reached at emurphy at mun.ca