Fall 2008 Courses

EDIT 600: Cognitive Foundations (Brown)
TBA
This course explores cognitive models of understanding, learning and memory, with applications to instruction. Students will use cognitive and neural net models to design learning environments, and examine the effects of using various technologies on cognition and performance improvement.

EDIT 605: Instructional Systems Design (Israelite)
TBA
Examines strategies, trends, issues and research findings related to the design and development of standards-based instructional systems and programs. Focuses on both behavioral and cognitive strategies for instructional design including the theory and research background related to each approach. Students will apply these strategies in assessment of needs, analysis, design, development, management and evaluation of an instructional system or program. Requires development of an instructional program or unit for a teaching or training application.

EDIT 610: New Technologies for Learning 1 (Cole)
TBA
Covers creation of learning objects, including text, raster/vector graphics, animations, slideshows, conferencing components, and videos for instructional Webs. Use of digital image capture equipment, including digital cameras, camcorders, and scanners. Also covers basic HTML, PDF and OCR. Final project will be integration of elements into an instructional Web.

EDIT 617x: Visually Enhanced Curriculum Design (Brown)
TBA

EDIT 645: Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Heffernan)
TBA
This course covers the utilization of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) in instruction. Topics include procedural and declarative knowledge representations, learner domains, teacher strategies, and implementations using a high-level, easy-to-use popular ITS authoring tool.

EDIT 657x: eLearning Games and Simulations (Kirstein)
TBA