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MS Ed:IT and Education Core course
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Admission
Courses for Spring term 2009
- *ED 626 Instructional Design - online
- *CSE 611 Information Literacy - online
- *CSE 660 Computer Interactive Video - Thursday 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. in ITC Building room 001
- *CSE 684 Creating Web-based Tutorials - hybrid/online
- ED 611 Theories for Teaching and Learning - Wednesday 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. in Education Building room 244 - substitute for PSY 620
- ED 633 Research and Writing - online - substitute for ED 612
*New course - link to printable flyer
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About the program The program leading
to the Master of Science in Education
degree with a specialization in
Information Technology is designed
to develop skills that enable candidates to competently integrate
technology-based educational materials, evaluate communication techniques,
select instructional technology materials,
organize and manage information,
and administer technology programs.
The program is designed to meet the needs of:
- K-12 teachers who wish to integrate technology in the classroom
- Educators
in non k-12 settings who wish to use technology in their teaching
- Designers of technology-based educational materials
- Educators who wish to
teach in an online environment
- Educators who wish to move into a position of
technology leadership
Courses are offered in a variety of formats including online, face-to-face, campus-based, on-site and hybrid,
as well as weekend workshops and summer institutes. They are taught by full-time WOU faculty as well as by highly qualified adjuncts carefully selected to provide
specific expertise and bring current perspectives from classroom
teaching.
Course of studyMeet
with adviser for selection and approval of content area electives.
Link to: Program Plan with
Content Elective Options (printable).
Glossary of course prefixes:
CSE - Computer Science Education
ED - Education
FS - Field Service
LIB - Library
PSY - Psychology
| Professional education core |
9 quarter hours |
| ED 612 |
Quantitative Research in Education |
3 |
| ED 646 |
Philosophy of Education |
3 |
| PSY 620 |
Learning and Memory for Instruction |
3 |
| Information Technology core |
9 quarter hours |
| ED 626 |
Instructional Design |
3 |
| LIB 680 |
Communication Theory |
3 |
| LIB 686 |
Emerging Information Technology |
3 |
| Electives |
27 quarter hours |
Content area electives (see options in list below)
Up to 6 hours may be 1 credit skills courses
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21 |
Exit electives:
Option 1: 6 hours of electives plus comprehensive exam
Option 2: 6 hours of Professional Project, Thesis or Field Study
-
CSE 603 Professional Project
Option 3: 6 hours of Continuing Teaching License documentation:
- FS 600 Assessment and Differentiated Instruction
- FS 601 APD/CTL Seminar
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6 |
TOTAL
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45 quarter hours |
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Courses
Note: The courses below can fulfill content elective requirements and may
not yet be in the WOU catalog. Please contact your adviser for information
on class availability.
3-credit content area electives
CSE 606 Special Indep Studies
CSE 507 Seminar
CSE 508 Workshop
CSE 610 Computers in Education
CSE 611 Information Literacy
CSE 612 Media Literacy
CSE 615 Designing Information
CSE 620 Computers as Management Tool
CSE 624 Internet for Educators
CSE 625 Creating an Internet Website
CSE 626 Advanced website design
CSE 627 Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching & Learning
CSE 628 Teaching Across the Curriculum with Geospatial Technologies
CSE 616 Designing Online courses
CSE 650 Electronic Portfolios
CSE 660 Interactive Video
CSE 680 Integrating Computers into Curriculum
CSE 655 Internship in InfoTech
CSE 603 Professional Project
1-credit skills courses
CSE 670 Teaching content with technology: Math
CSE 671 Teaching content with technology: Science
CSE 672 Teaching content with technology: Social Studies
CSE 673 Teaching content with technology: Language Arts
CSE 674 Teaching content with technology: Health
CSE 675 Teaching content with technology: PE
CSE 676 Teaching content with technology: Music
CSE 677 Teaching content with technology: Art
CSE 678 Teaching content with technology: ESOL/Foreign Lang
CSE 681 Writing grants for technology
CSE 682 Facilitating conversations: Teachers, Admin, Tech Supp.
CSE 683 Managing technology in the classroom
CSE 684 Creating tutorials
CSE 685 Assessment tools
CSE 686 Open-source tools for teaching and learning
CSE 690 Digital photography/Photo editing
CSE 691 Digital storytelling
CSE 692 Learning objects
CSE 693 Making music with digital tools
CSE 694 Blogs in the classroom
CSE 695 Collaborating with wikis
CSE 696 Podcasts and vodcasts
CSE 697 Power of RSS
CSE 699 Special topics
Core course
descriptions
Note: Education core and Information
Technology core classes only.
Contact adviser for more information
about elective courses.
ED
612 Quantitative Research in
Education - Methods,
techniques and tools of research.
Develop a proposal for study
and develop the criteria and
methods for reading and evaluating
research.
ED
626 Instructional Design -
The application of the instructional
design approach to preparation
of multimedia instructional
products. Be guided through
development of instructional
materials, including application
of the ID approach to the preparation
of computer assisted instruction.
ED
646 Philosophy of Education -
Study philosophical assumptions
and their implications on the
fundamental issues and practices
of American education.
LIB
680 Communication Theory -
Examine theoretical models
of communication and their
application to various technologies
of communication (e.g., print,
video, motion picture film,
etc.) to enhance training and
instruction.
LIB
686 Emerging Information Technology -
Study current and emerging
information systems from a
philosophical and practical
perspective. Explore the origins,
storage, transmission and retrieval
of information, as well as
the technologies that assist
these activities
PSY
620 Learning and Memory for
Instruction - Survey
contemporary theories of learning
and memory. Emphasis is on
research involving cognitive,
social, motivation and biological
aspects of learning and memory.
Applications focus on instructional
settings.
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Courses scheduled
for 2008-2009
| Fall 2008: |
| CSE |
627 |
Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching and Learning (online) |
| CSE |
624 |
Internet for Educators (online) |
| LIB |
680 |
Communication Theory (online) |
| ED |
632 |
Cultural, Social and Philosophical Issues in Education
Note: ED 632 can substitute for ED 646 |
| Winter 2009: |
| LIB |
686 |
Emerging Information Technologies (online) |
| CSE |
628 |
Teaching Across the Curriculum with Geospatial Technologies (hybrid/online) |
| ED |
611 |
Theories of Teaching and Learning (online)
Note: ED 611 can substitute for PSY 620 |
| ED |
632 |
Cultural, Social and Philosophical Issues in Education
(online)
Note: ED 632 can substitute for ED 646 |
| ED |
633 |
Research and Writing (Tuesday 4:30-7:15 p.m.)
Note: ED 633 can substitute for ED 612 |
| Spring 2009: |
| ED |
626 |
Instructional Design (online) |
| CSE |
611 |
Information Literacy (online) |
| CSE |
660 |
Interactive Video |
| CSE |
610 |
Computers in Education |
| CSE |
684 |
Creating Web-based Tutorials (hybrid/online) |
| ED |
611 |
Theories of Teaching and Learning
Note: ED 611 can substitute for PSY 620 |
| ED |
633 |
Research and Writing (online)
Note: ED 633 can substitute for ED 612 |
Contact
Adviser for MS
in Education: Information Technology
Dr. Mary
Bucy, Education Building Room 202, 503-838-8794
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