10615 (v.3) SMEC 708 - Educational Technology and Computing


Area:

Science and Mathematics Education Centre

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Other:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

A focus on practical and theoretical issues related to the use of Information Technology to promote teachers' use of multimedia and the Web in their teaching. The material covered includes the definintion and conceptual background of educational technology, methods for choosing and using educational software, alternative pedagogies to enhance learning with understanding in a computerised learning environment, the Internet as a teaching and learning resources, educational research with software and multimedia material and advanced research tools.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area