Date Course Activities and Assignments Learning Outcomes Assessed Value %
Ongoing Contribution to the Learning Community (Individual) A, B, C 15%

Unit 1: What are the histories of educational technology?
August 28 – September 17 (3 weeks)
Aug 28 – Sep 1

Visit Unit 1

Complete Activity 0: Orienting yourself to the course

Complete Activity 1: Introductions

  A, B, C Part of Contribution to Learning Community
Aug 29 – Sept 3

Read Weller chapters: introduction up to and including 2001

Complete Activity 2

 A, B, C Part of Contribution to Learning Community
Sept 4 – 10

Read Weller chapters: 2002 up to and including 2011

Complete Activity 3

 A, B, C Part of Contribution to Learning Community
Sept 11 – 17

Read Weller chapters: 2012 to end

Participate in the “Ask the Librarian” forum (Sep 12, 13, 14)

Book Club #1 – Complete Activity 4 (i.e participate in a discussion led by Elizabeth on Friday September 15 at 9am-10am pacific OR  Saturday September 16 at 10am-11am pacific OR arrange for a different time to have a peer-led discussion – see activity for details). We will use the class Zoom room for these sessions

Submit Assignment 1 by 11:55 pm Pacific on September 17.

 B, C

Part of Contribution to Learning Community

 

15%

Unit 2:  Media never influence learning, and other debates in the field
September 18 – October 8 (3 weeks)
Sept 18 – 24

Visit Unit 2

Read Clark, R. E. (1994). Media will never influence learning. Educational Technology Research and Development, 42(2), 21-29.

Read Kozma, R. B. (1994). Will media influence learning: Reframing the debate. Educational Technology Research and Development, 42(2), 7-19

Complete Activity 5

  A, B, C Part of Contribution to Learning Community
Sept 25 – Oct 8

Work on Assignment 2

Complete Activity 6 – join in to the Unit 2 book club synchronous session Sept 29 10 – 11am Pacific time to participate in A discussion led by Elizabeth on the readings for Unit 2.

Submit first set of deliverables for Assignment 2 (deliverable 1: video & document) by October 4 at 11:55 pm Pacific

Submit second set of deliverables for Assignment 2 (deliverable 2: peer-assessment) by October 8 at 11:55 pm Pacific

 A, C

40%

(25% video and document; 15% peer assessment)

Unit 3: What does the future look like?
October 9 – Oct 29 (3 weeks)
Oct 9 -29

Visit Unit 3 and complete the Unit 3 readings.

Complete Activity 7 (due October 18)

    

Oct 11th

3:30 – 4:30 pm pacific

 Live session (speaker to be announced) – following up on Book Club #1 areas of interest   based on feedback from Book Club #1
Oct 26th 4 – 5 pm pacific Live session w Elizabeth – check in; chat about A3 & futures of education & orientation to LRNT 524 – meet the instructors    
Oct 29 Submit Assignment 3 by 11:55 pm Pacific on October 29th. A, B 30%