Educational Technology Courses

Course Descriptions   

EDCT 552- Educational Technology Praxis (3 units, Fall only) 

Educational Technology Praxis requires students to take a reflexive stance towards the initiation and integration of technological skills and knowledge in authentic instructional contexts and settings. The practical application of technology will be grounded within current perspectives and trends of new media technologies and take into account educational frameworks of learning, design, and pedagogical practice.

EDCT 556 - Technology, Pedagogy, and Society (3 units, Spring) 

This course relates pedagogical theories to technology integration strategies at various levels of education. The content is focused on how technology and learning are situated, how socio-cultural issues relate to and influence technological access and use, and power and privilege. Age, gender, race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, language, and social capital and its intersections will also be analyzed.

EDCT 557 - Project Management for Educational Technology (3 units, Spring) 

This course considers how a small-scale Educational Technology research project can be conducted in an education environment. Case studies will be reviewed to offer practical tools and applied research strategies to students prior to conducting their own Educational Technology thesis or cognate project.

EDCT 559 - Educational Media and Information Literacy (3 units, Fall) 

This course focuses on critical media and information literacy and issues related to researching, creating, and evaluating media in the Internet and Information Age. The course also highlights the origins and threads of cultural studies, media education, and digital literacy in an effort to better map and analyze both the field of digital media and learning and the evolution of digital participation and citizenship.