Greetings to all ed tech graduate students at the University of Delaware!
I am writing to provide you with course scheduling advice for the upcoming
Summer session and Fall semester of 2008. As always, you should check with
your advisor each semester to confirm that your course selection is in
line with your particular program. This course advisory contains sections
for M.Ed. Students, M.I. Students, and Ed.D. Students, respectively.
===Courses for M.Ed. Students===
All M.Ed. students are required to take one of the following
courses:
EDUC 600 Teacher as Researcher
EDUC 607 Educational Research Procedures
EDUC 607 is being taught in the Summer of 2008. Both EDUC 600 and
607 are being offered in Fall 2008.
All M.Ed. students are required to take the following curriculum course,
which is being offered during the Summer and Fall of 2008:
EDUC 640 Introduction to Curriculum
From the ed tech specialty, the following two required courses are being
offered in the Fall of 2008:
EDUC 639 Learning Technologies Across the Curriculum
EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy
There is also a wide range of ed tech electives that are being offered
as part of the Summer Institute. Of these, the following count as ed
tech specialization electives:
EDUC 632 Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications
EDUC 639 Technology for Teaching and Learning
EDUC 639 Technology Planning
EDUC 639 Internet Technologies
EDUC 639 K-12 Technology Integration
EDUC 639 Teaching Writing to Elementary & Secondary Students
EDUC 646 Assistive Technology for Secondary Schools & Workplace
EDUC 652 Introduction to Technology in Special Education and Rehab
EDUC 654 Augmentative and Alternative Communication
EDUC 667 Concept Mapping in Instruction as a Cognitive Tool
EDUC 667 Digital Story Telling
EDUC 667 Information Fluency for the 21st Century
EDUC 667 Universal Design for Learning: Curricular Access for All
MATH 585 Technology in Secondary Mathematics
See http://www.udel.edu/sieat/courselist.html for more information
about the Summer Institute courses.
If you need to take another ed tech elective in the Fall of 2008, you
may be interested in the following option. M.Ed. and M.I. students may
elect one of the EDUC 885 courses to fulfill a 600-level technology elective.
In the Fall of 2008, the following courses are being offered:
EDUC 885-050 Advanced Topics in Sakai Multimedia Design
EDUC 885-051 Technology and Teacher Learning
EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Sakai Web Design
===Courses for M.I. Students===
All M.I. Students must take either EDUC 600 (Teacher as Researcher) or EDUC
629 (Psychology of Teaching). EDUC 629 is being offered in the Summer of
2008. EDUC 600 is being offered in Fall 2008.
M.I. students must take either EDUC 680 (Educational Diagnosis) or EDUC 605
(Measurement Applications in Education). EDUC 680 is being offered in the
Summer and also in the Fall of 2008. EDUC 605 is being offered in the Summer.
M.I. students must take either EDUC 658 (Discipline and Classroom
Management) or EDUC 681 (Techniques for Behavior Change). Both of these
courses are being offered in the Summer of 2008. EDUC 681 is also being
offered in the Fall of 2008.
M.I. students must take either EDUC 627 (Models of Instruction) or EDUC 640
(Introduction to Curriculum). EDUC 640 is being offered in the Summer and
Fall of 2008.
From the ed tech specialty, the following two required courses are being
offered in the Fall of 2008:
EDUC 639 Learning Technologies Across the Curriculum
EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy
There is also a wide range of ed tech electives that are being offered
as part of the Summer Institute. Of these, the following count as
ed tech specialization electives:
EDUC 632 Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications
EDUC 639 Technology for Teaching and Learning
EDUC 639 Technology Planning
EDUC 639 Internet Technologies
EDUC 639 K-12 Technology Integration
EDUC 639 Teaching Writing to Elementary & Secondary Students
EDUC 646 Assistive Technology for Secondary Schools & Workplace
EDUC 652 Introduction to Technology in Special Education and Rehab
EDUC 654 Augmentative and Alternative Communication
EDUC 667 Concept Mapping in Instruction as a Cognitive Tool
EDUC 667 Digital Story Telling
EDUC 667 Information Fluency for the 21st Century
EDUC 667 Universal Design for Learning: Curricular Access for All
MATH 585 Technology in Secondary Mathematics
See http://www.udel.edu/sieat/courselist.html for more information about
the Summer Institute courses.
If you need to take another ed tech elective in the Fall of 2008, you
may be interested in the following option. M.Ed. and M.I. students
may elect one of the EDUC 885 courses to fulfill a 600-level technology
elective. In the Fall of 2008, the following courses are being offered:
EDUC 885-050 Advanced Topics in Sakai Multimedia Design
EDUC 885-051 Technology and Teacher Learning
EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Sakai Web Design
===Courses for Ed.D. Students===
All Ed.D. students are required to take EDUC 824 (Effective Communication
for Educational Leaders), EDUC 863 (Program Evaluation), and EDUC 891
(Organizational Problem Analysis/Planning). Of these, EDUC 891 is being
offered in the Summer of 2008. In the Fall, EDUC 824 and EDUC 863 are
being taught. Note: EDUC 824 should be taken as early in your coursework
as possible. EDUC 891, on the other hand, is best taken toward the end
of your coursework.
Similarly, all Ed.D. students are required to take EDUC 860 (Curriculum
Theory), EDUC 665 (Elementary Statistics), EDUC 850 (Qualitative Research
in Educational Settings), and EDUC 818 (Foundations of Educational Technology).
Of these, EDUC 665 and EDUC 818 are being offered in the Summer of 2008.
In the Fall, EDUC 665 and EDUC 850 are being taught.
Last, but certainly not least, all Ed.D. students are required to take 18
credits of ed tech specialty courses. The following courses are being
offered in Fall 2008:
EDUC 885-050 Advanced Topics in Sakai Multimedia Design
EDUC 885-051 Technology and Teacher Learning
EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Sakai Web Design
In the meantime, I hope you will all pass your final exams and projects with
flying colors and then enjoy a pleasant summer.
Cheers, Fred
Dr. Fred T. Hofstetter
Professor of Education
University of Delaware
http://www.udel.edu/fth