EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP (EDTL 13.04)

EDTL 501. Design and Development of Multimedia Instructional Units. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will research, plan, design, implement, and evaluate multi-sensory instructional units. Hands-on class activities will be developed that result in an integrated instructional approach to teaching and learning. (13.0401)

EDTL 503. Educational Telecommunications, Networks, and the Internet. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit extensive familiarity with the World Wide Web. Students will develop skills in the use of planning, development, implementation and management of distance learning, networking, and Internet use for teaching and learning. They will be engaged in hands-on activities that demonstrate the required skills. (13.0401)

EDTL 505. Technology Leadership in Schools. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will demonstrate understanding of foundation skills for managing technology for teaching and learning at the school site. These skills will include school wide planning that incorporates instructional design, curriculum integration with the standards, and logistics of technology implementation within the local site, training, and evaluation. Students will implement projects for local site improvement. (13.0401)

EDTL 506. Professional Development of K-12 Technology Integration. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit skill in the following: Instructional program development, curriculum design; state and national standards; and planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of technology staff development activities. (13.0401)

EDTL 507. Technology Planning and Administration. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. The management and development of skills in the following: Technology planning, management of facilities, resource management, technology staff and personnel management, funding and budgetary issues, technology policies, procedures and purchasing practices. (13.0401)

EDTL 509. Educational Technology Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit skill in the following: Identification and application of educational and technology-related research, the psychology of learning, and instructional design principles guiding the use of computers and related technologies in education. (13.0401)

EDTL 511. Advanced Telecommunications and Distance Learning. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: EDTL 503 and completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will develop Internet/Web-based learning materials and resources; overview distance learning technologies for learning; research national curriculum standards; demonstrate advanced Internet applications; research applications of telecommunication and other distance technologies in education; describe emerging telecommunications and distance learning technologies; and apply methodologies for distance/on-line instruction and student support. (13.0501)