Spring 2011: Effective Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning

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Description

Develop new approaches to effective use of instructional technology in your teaching practice. You will learn how technological choices can affect the learning of today’s diverse student populations. You will complete a research project to study how technology can affect student learning.

This course is designed for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields who desire to develop new approaches to the effective use of instructional technology in their teaching practice.The goals of the class are:

  • to provide participants with a foundation for choosing appropriate technological tools based on learning needs,
  • to give participants hands-on experience, through class sessions and an independent project, in the effective use of learning technologies such as interactive web applications, video/audio lectures, "clickers", and course management tools, and
  • to promote the importance and scholarship of the evaluation of instructional technology efficacy.
Overview
  • Course type: Online web-conference, synchronous graduate seminar
  • Host institutions: University of Wisconsin-Madison & Howard University
  • Instructors: Alan Wolf, UW-Madison, Center for Biology Education; Folahan Ayorinde, Howard University, Professor of Chemistry;
  • Dates: 1/20/2011 - 4/28/2011
  • Meeting times: Thursdays 2:30-4:30 ET/ 1:30-3:30 CT / 12:30-2:30 MT / 11:30-1:30 PT
Technology Requirements 
This course will use interactive web and teleconferencing technology.
Accessibility
We strive to beinclusive of anyone interested in participatingin ouractivities, programs, and courses. If you have specific accessibilityneeds, please let us know in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations.
 
Course Credit
Students may participate with or without credit, as they prefer. The course work is equivalent to a 2 credit course. Graduate students at campuses other than the host institution who are interested in receiving course credit are encouraged towork with their local CIRTL Network campus leaders or advisors to receive independent study credit.  We strive to be inclusive of anyone interested in participating in our activities, programs, and courses. If you have specific accessibility needs, please let us know in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations.  Students taking the course for credit will be required to submit a grade report form to the instructor early in the semester.