May/June 2007 Syllabus and Course Guide:

ITEDU 698:
Seminar in Technology Education (Online)

Catalog Information
Contact Information
Instructor
Technology
Rationale
Objectives
Content Outline
Format

Calendar
Student Evaluation & Major Activities
Grading System
Course Evaluation
Resources
Audit Policy
Special Student Needs

Catalog Information:

ITEDU 698:
Seminar in Technology Education

3 graduate credit hours

(none)

In this course, students examine "current problems and issues in technology education and facility design [sic] with particular attention given to the more recent developments in many of the more progressive programs throughout the [sic] country."

In spite of this description, facility design will not be an emphasis, and technology education will be studied in a broader geographical context than just the United States of America. The catalog description is flawed, and efforts to correct it have not been successful.

Internet

Summer I, 2007
First Class Meeting: Monday, May 14, 2007
Last Class Meeting: Friday, June 15, 2007

Syllabus Revision Date:

March 5, 2007

Contact Information:

This course makes use of Blackboard courseware.

BSU Blackboard Portal:

http://my.bsu.edu

Homework and Assignments:

To be announced

Modules / Online Instruction:

jcflowers1.iweb.bsu.edu/rlo/698.htm

Access & Technology:

A newer computer with a Broadband Internet connection and current versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Note: Microsoft Office is available at a greatly reduced rate through Ball State University.) The computer should have a microphone and headphones, along with a Webcam.

Student postings and other communication features of the courseware are restricted to those with access as a class student, instructor, aide, or administrator.

Class Hours:

This is an Internet course, so students access the course site and complete the requirements at hours convenient for them.

Graduate courses at Ball State that meet for 15 weeks typically require 9 to 12 hours of class meeting or outside work per week. This seminar has been compressed into only 5 weeks. The number of hours, however, would likely be far less than the 27 to 36 hours per week one might suppose. In general, a student who logs on a few times a day, and devotes about 15 hours per week to discussions and outside reading will likely do well. More time might be required for the research and writing of the manuscript.

Instructor:

Jim Flowers

Professor & Director of Online Education
Department of Technology
AT 130A
Phone: (765) 285-2879
FAX (765) 285-2162
jcflowers1@bsu.edu

Office Hours (Eastern Time):

By appointment only

Homepage:

jcflowers1.iweb.bsu.edu/flowers.htm

Rationale:

Objectives:

2. Participate in and lead discussions concerning critical issues in technology education.

3. Thoughtfully reflect on issues in technology education.

4. Propose and defend a reasoned perspective related to critical issues in technology education.
 

Content Outline:

2. Critical thinking, reflecting, reading, evaluation, writing, and dialog.

3. (Specific critical issues identified by the class.)
 

Format:

Methods of Student Evaluation and Major Activities, Tasks:

2. Class Participation: Qualitative (100 points)

3. Reflective TE Journal (100 points)

4. Revised TE Position Manuscript (100 points)
 

Grading System:

Course Evaluation:

Texts and Resources:

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Audit Policy:

Special Student Needs: