ED 795B Seminar in Educational Technology Course Description and Overview
This site is to provide information for students who are interested in taking ED 795B in a future semester. ED 795B is only for those who have completed ED 795A. For registration permission, contact the Department Office at (619) 594-6718.		Students enrolled in 795B in the current semester should access the course in Blackboard.

ED 795B is about your future. You have invested a tremendous amount of time and effort to reach this course! It will provide you with an opportunity to consolidate your knowledge and experience for taking full advantage of what you have learned in your future career, both in the short and the long term.

The course will be taught via Blackboard. For students taking the course at a distance Wimba will be the medium of synchronous communication. Attendance in on-campus class and Wimba synchronous sessions is mandatory, respectively for on-campus and distance students, as you will be preparing and rehearsing your e-Porfolio presentation for the faculty panel in these sessions. On campus sessions are scheduled in advanced and published in the University Class Schedule.

If you are taking the course at a distance, email your time zone and geographic location to the instructor at fsaba@mail.sdsu.edu as soon as you enroll in the course. This information will be used to establish the date and the time for synchronous sessions.

Developing an e-Portfolio is a focus of the course, but not the only one. Course outcomes include critical thinking and reflective writing on

• Projects you have developed and produced
• Literature you have studied
• A contemporary book on the impact of information and communication technologies on society, and
• New technologies that are shaping the future of education and training.

More specifically, you will

1. Develop a new web-based e-Portfolio, or update and refine an e-Portfolio that you started in 541 and have been developing it.
2. Develop an annotated personal knowledge management system
3. Select a book from a list of approved textbooks for this course, and write four critical articles about the book and discuss the book in the course discussion forum
4. Create and maintain a critical and reflective blog about the future of technology in education and training.

The format of ED 795B will include

1. Lectures and discussions on course topics and readings
2. Presentation and critical analysis of e-Portfolios as they evolve
3. Rehearsing presentation of e-Portfolios
4. Presentation of personal knowledge management systems
5. Critical and reflective analysis of the future of technology on education and training.

For more information on the course please contact Dr. Farhad Saba at fsaba@mail.sdsu.edu.