2009–2010 Catalog - Lourdes College

Graduate School275EDU 622: Multimedia for EducationalIntegration (3)Provides both practical skills for students toincorporate technology into their personaleducational program and opportunitiesto design and develop computer-basedmultimedia instructional materials throughan in-depth examination of software,hardware, and media processes. EDU 622provides instruction from basic throughmore advanced computer technologiesto demonstrate that desktop publishing,multimedia, and webpage environments areessential tools for today’s teachers.EDU 623 Systematic Design forEffective Instruction (3)Addresses the principles and proceduresfor designing, developing and evaluatinginstruction using an instructional systemsapproach. This course investigateslearning theories, including multipleintelligences, situated learning, problembasedinstruction, and Bloom’s taxonomy.Students will research, explore, and applycurrent learning theory with technologyin order to design effective instructionin content areas to solve instructionalproblems.EDU 624 Web-based Instruction (3)Investigates telecommunication tools andresources for information sharing andretrieval. This course provides currentand emerging theories and applications ofweb page environments for educationalpurposes. Web environments will bestudied for their applications in education,including the development of a schoolwebsite and online units of instruction.EDU 625: Media Literacy (3)Introduces the vocabulary, concepts,media tools, and pedagogy for effectiveand appropriate meaning construction ofmedia. This course explores the divergenceand convergence of media, the acquisitionmodel of media education, and mediaeducation standards. EDU 625 alsoaddresses issues of diversity, cognitiveapprenticeship, interactive education,faculty needs, and appropriate studentlearning at a variety of levels.EDU 626: Technology Management inSchools (3)Explores hardware, software, networks,planning, staffing, budgets, and stafftraining in school districts, as well as theunderlying principles, goals, purpose,functions, issues, and challenges ofeducational technology.EDU 630 Evolving InstructionalStrategies (3)Provides an examination of the classroominstructional strategies and practicesidentified in research as the most effectivein improving student achievement andenhancing student learning. The emphasisis placed on those strategies and practicesover which the classroom teacher hasthe most control, including classroommanagement, the use of instructionalresources and technology, and discussionand questioning strategies.EDU 631 Multiple Approaches toAssessment (3)Lays the foundation for developing,analyzing and judging informal and formalassessment and the appropriateness ofits uses. The course includes instrumentconstruction for classroom-basedassessment, the development and useof rubrics to provide student feedback,and the conception and developmentof authentic and performance-basedassessments. Grading as feedback andfor decision-making is also examined.Statistical measurement necessary forinterpretation and application in dataLourdes College Academic Catalog 2009-10