The Joy of TeachingThe influence of digital technology is dramatically altering the way we live our lives, which means we need to change what and how we teach. I have the pleasure of teaching undergraduate and graduate level technology courses for preservice teaching students and education professionals at Western Oregon University. You can find information about some of the courses I have taught in the list below.
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Courses
CSE 610, Computers in Education: This graduate course follows two distinct strands of activity: a theoretical/philosophical analysis of the underpinnings of technology use; and hands-on skill development in the use of hardware and software.
CSE 616, Designing and Teaching Online Courses: This graduate course introduces students to the philosophy and methodology of designing online courses and teaching online. Topics will include establishing a community online, fostering meaningful dialogue, facilitating group work, designing effective learning experiences, and assessing student progress. Students will learn skills for course construction in a variety of course formats, and will create a short course that uses tools within a course management system as well as resources available online.
CSE 617, Open Source Tools: This graduate course covers using and evaluating open source (OS) tools for educational purposes while familiarizing participants with a general history of OS software. Students actively use OS operating systems, programs, and platforms while learning how to evaluate OS products. Students will leave with practical OS software-based classroom activities and strategies.
CSE 625, Curating and Maintaining and Online Identity This graduate level course emphasizes key practices for building, developing, maintaining, and safeguarding a professional online identity for individuals and organizations across digital platforms.
CSE 625, Instructional Design: This graduate course addresses the application of the instructional design approach to the preparation of multimedia instructional products. Students are guided through the development of instructional materials, including the application of the ID approach to the preparation of computer-based instruction.
CSE 628, Teaching Across the Curriculum Using Geospatial Technologies: This graduate course focuses on accessing, organizing, and analyzing spatial information that allows students to make informed decisions. Participants will prepare and present education-related projects using spatial technologies that focus on how to guide students in using technology to communicate information and ideas. Issues of ethical use and the powers of spatial technologies to persuade, extend communication, and inform will be addressed.
CSE 629, Web-Based Website Design: In this graduate course, students create a professional, business, or education related website using free web-based software, widgets, and training. The course emphasizes learning by doing and following best practices for creating user-friendly websites. This class is designed to help train and develop web design skills as well as develop the ability to work with and employ free, online tools. By closely learning one system, students can apply that knowledge and easily integrate with other systems available online.
CSE 656, Advanced Instructional Design: This graduate level course invites students to explore a variety of ID models and emergent topics in ID, including principles and practices to facilitate usability, accessibility, and collaboration with Subject Matter Experts.
CSE 694, Blogs in Education: This graduate course explores uses of blogs in education, focusing on creating blogs for both teaching and professional development purposes. Students learn to create blogs using a variety of free blogging tools, add media to blogs, market their blogs, communicate with parents, students, colleagues, and professionals via blogs, teach with blogs, embed blogs in their websites, and more.
CSE 697, Creating a Personal Learning Environment: Graduate students learn how to develop their own Personal Learning Environment by creating connections to valuable educational resources and relevant content area experts; utilize tools such as RSS and aggregators to bring these resources directly to their desktops; develop skills for maintaining a constantly updated connection with breaking news within their disciplines; and will learn to become active participants by sharing their own expertise.
ED 270, Technology in Education: This undergraduate course explores current applications and concepts of technology to enhance learning, communicating, and collaborating for personal and professional growth. Particular emphasis on the use of technology in educational contexts.
ED 421, Technology Integration: This undergraduate course explores operations and concepts of basic technology to enhance personal and professional growth and productivity, and integration of technology into classroom planning, instruction and assessment.
LIB 686, Emerging Information Technologies: This graduate course is a study of current and emerging information systems from a philosophical and practical perspective. The origins, storage, transmission, and retrieval of information will be explored, as well as the technologies that assist these activities.
CSE 616, Designing and Teaching Online Courses: This graduate course introduces students to the philosophy and methodology of designing online courses and teaching online. Topics will include establishing a community online, fostering meaningful dialogue, facilitating group work, designing effective learning experiences, and assessing student progress. Students will learn skills for course construction in a variety of course formats, and will create a short course that uses tools within a course management system as well as resources available online.
CSE 617, Open Source Tools: This graduate course covers using and evaluating open source (OS) tools for educational purposes while familiarizing participants with a general history of OS software. Students actively use OS operating systems, programs, and platforms while learning how to evaluate OS products. Students will leave with practical OS software-based classroom activities and strategies.
CSE 625, Curating and Maintaining and Online Identity This graduate level course emphasizes key practices for building, developing, maintaining, and safeguarding a professional online identity for individuals and organizations across digital platforms.
CSE 625, Instructional Design: This graduate course addresses the application of the instructional design approach to the preparation of multimedia instructional products. Students are guided through the development of instructional materials, including the application of the ID approach to the preparation of computer-based instruction.
CSE 628, Teaching Across the Curriculum Using Geospatial Technologies: This graduate course focuses on accessing, organizing, and analyzing spatial information that allows students to make informed decisions. Participants will prepare and present education-related projects using spatial technologies that focus on how to guide students in using technology to communicate information and ideas. Issues of ethical use and the powers of spatial technologies to persuade, extend communication, and inform will be addressed.
CSE 629, Web-Based Website Design: In this graduate course, students create a professional, business, or education related website using free web-based software, widgets, and training. The course emphasizes learning by doing and following best practices for creating user-friendly websites. This class is designed to help train and develop web design skills as well as develop the ability to work with and employ free, online tools. By closely learning one system, students can apply that knowledge and easily integrate with other systems available online.
CSE 656, Advanced Instructional Design: This graduate level course invites students to explore a variety of ID models and emergent topics in ID, including principles and practices to facilitate usability, accessibility, and collaboration with Subject Matter Experts.
CSE 694, Blogs in Education: This graduate course explores uses of blogs in education, focusing on creating blogs for both teaching and professional development purposes. Students learn to create blogs using a variety of free blogging tools, add media to blogs, market their blogs, communicate with parents, students, colleagues, and professionals via blogs, teach with blogs, embed blogs in their websites, and more.
CSE 697, Creating a Personal Learning Environment: Graduate students learn how to develop their own Personal Learning Environment by creating connections to valuable educational resources and relevant content area experts; utilize tools such as RSS and aggregators to bring these resources directly to their desktops; develop skills for maintaining a constantly updated connection with breaking news within their disciplines; and will learn to become active participants by sharing their own expertise.
ED 270, Technology in Education: This undergraduate course explores current applications and concepts of technology to enhance learning, communicating, and collaborating for personal and professional growth. Particular emphasis on the use of technology in educational contexts.
ED 421, Technology Integration: This undergraduate course explores operations and concepts of basic technology to enhance personal and professional growth and productivity, and integration of technology into classroom planning, instruction and assessment.
LIB 686, Emerging Information Technologies: This graduate course is a study of current and emerging information systems from a philosophical and practical perspective. The origins, storage, transmission, and retrieval of information will be explored, as well as the technologies that assist these activities.