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September 1:

What is educational technology? (Download) Why should you be interested in it? Where does curriculum fit in? What's a doctorate got to do with it?
Review of the syllabus and expectations.
Visit the joint doc program web site. Meet some students who have come before you.

Prior to September 8:

Purchase texts, please.
Review the online syllabus. You're looking at it now.
Visit the Milken Family Foundation web site about educational technology in schools. Visit ASTD's site, focusing in particular on technology and training in mostly non-school settings. Tour the sites. Read titles, articles. What do you want to know more about? What topics are emergent? Where might you concentrate your energy?
READ or REVIEW the Magers, Rossett & Gautier-Downes. Where are these books? See Texts/Readings in the left navigation bar, main course menu, and scroll to recommended readings.
READ Rossett & Sheldon, chapters 1 and 2; Clark & Mayer, chapter 1

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September 8:

Historical and philosophical foundations (download presentation)
Why should we care?
E is getting big-- everywhere!
Jerry Marino: Yes--you can make a web site (download presentation and job aid)

Prior to September 15:

COMPLETE Webquest 1: What a difference a theory makes
READ Rossett & Sheldon, chapter 3; Clark & Mayer, chapters 2, 7, 8
SKIM articles by prior 810 students. I keep many in my office-- stop by, why don't you? Read only those that strike a chord. What do you want to do for your publishable paper? As you start to find your topic, talk to each other, post on Blackboard discussion board; send Rossett an email with a paragraph and bullets describing your early thinking.
CONSIDER where you might want to publish. There are many possible journals-- here's some. And SAGE, a publisher, for September and October is offering free online access to their journals. Check them out, why don't you?

September 15 :

What is education? What is information? How do we convert information into education? Let's try it.
DUE: Webquest 1
Theoretical dexterity: (Download)
DISCUSS Webquest 1

Prior to September 22:

WORK ON your web site. Have you met with Jerry Marino to talk about and work on your web site?
COMMUNICATE with Allison re:your paper topic
PREPARE ~1/2 page proposal about your paper topic
READ Rossett & Sheldon, chapter 4, 5; Clark & Mayer, chapters 3, 10

September 22:

DISCUSSION of topics for papers
Emergent Trends in Learning, Technology and Performance (download PPT)

 Prior to September 29:

USE email and Blackboard discussion board to engage in conversations to firm up your topic for your paper. Note that you will be meeting and hearing from the SDSU librarian on Sept 29th. It would be a great opportunity to solicit her assistance on the review of the literature for your paper.
SELECT the publication vehicle in which you intend to publish
READ about technology and learning in Afghanistan
READ about the state of public K-12 education in CA
WORK ON your web site. Prepare to meet with our TA, Jerry, to work on it.
READ Rossett & Sheldon, chapter 7; Clark & Mayer, chapters 13

September 29:

4:30 PM: Jerry Marino: Intro to End Note (Download the PPT)

5 PM: VISIT the the education librarian, Linda Salem, in the Infodome, LA 78, at SDSU. Note the time of your meeting with Linda.

Take this opportunity to find studies and a book with meaning for your paper. Also, it's a great idea to firm up a decision about where you might want to publish.

Prior to October 6:

CATCH UP on your readings; MOVE FORWARD on your web site.
REVIEW this web site about online experience for users/learners. There's so much here of potential interest to you.
TOUR online language development/literacy programs at Plato.com. Details and password available to you soon, on Blackboard, Assignments section of the site. We'll discuss what Plato did and why they did it with a Plato expert on Oct 13th.
VISIT Beyond the Podium web site
READ about powerful questions, with implications for online and instructor-led instruction (free registration required)

October 6:

Using analysis to establish solution systems (review chapters 2 and 5 in Beyond the Podium). (Download presentation)

Getting published in ED 810 (Download presentation)

Prior to October 13:

READ Rossett & Sheldon's chapters 8, 9; Clark & Mayer, chapter 11
REVIEW Rossett & Sheldon's chapter 3
TOUR a Canadian site reviewing principles for web design.
VISIT NSBA's Education Technology Links
COMPLETE your web site for delivery on 10/13. Due to Jerry for posting on 10/13.

October 13:

Technology based literacy programs-- a conversation with Dr. Rob Foshay from Plato

Teacher education and staff development? Loren Lones visits and talks about what Plato is doing in this domain. Why is it so important?

Discussion of your web sites; Of what are you most proud? What would you do differently?

CLAM-- reviewing online learning options. Are we there yet?

DUE: Website assignment

 Prior to October 20:

Is your web site accessible? Once posted, check it out with www.cast.org/bobby/
VISIT Eduhound, eSchoolnews, Teaching and Learning and Blue Web'n Knowledge Network Explorer

Are you moving forward on your paper? Got the topic nailed down? Your publication vehicle all set? How goes your review of the literature? Have you found a substantial book that contributes to your work? Are you reading for it?

Did you look at some of the examples embedded in CLAM?

October 20 :

Learner centered instructional design (download presentation)

And let's revisit CLAM. (see Oct. 13 above)

 Prior to October 27:

WORK ON Webquest 2: Families, schools and the web
CONTINUE to read for your paper
COMMENCE reading Stewart's Intellectual Capital, first half

October 27 :

Individual work
Online conversation about progress on papers and what-not. Are you ready to try Blackboard lightweight chat? This is a voluntary gathering online to chat about your papers: Sunday, Oct 31st at 8 PM. It will be archived for review by anyone unable to participate at that time.

Prior to November 3:

Continue to read Stewart's Intellectual Capital
VISIT World Lecture Hall AND http://www.brint.com/
VISIT the Touchstones web site: implications for the work that you do or hope to do?
COMPLETE Webquest 2

November 3:

DUE: Webquest 2
Discussion Webquest 2

Curriculum for judgement and decision-making (Download presentation)

Prior to November 10:

READ Rossett's viewpoint on Confessions of an E-Dropout.
REVIEW the power of storytelling in knowledge management and learning;
READ for your paper, including a book on the subject
PREPARE outline of your paper
SHARE draft with at least one peer
COMPLETE Stewart and REVIEW Rossett & Sheldon's chapter 9

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November 10

Knowledge management (Download presentation)
Implications for the settings we care about?

Prior to November 17:

READ Traub, "What no school can do" That's the NY Times article I distributed in class.
VISIT the government's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) site
VISIT a site chock a block full of articles that criticize NCLB
VISIT http://www.k12.com/ Why is Bennett's company relevant to a discussion of standards?
READ articles in the vehicle you've selected to publish your piece. Use prior published works to guide your efforts. Are you moving forward on your paper?
READ about testing and performance from the Washington Post
READ about concerns about more testing from the NY Times

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November 17:

Standards and assessments-- Why is assessment at the heart of the matter in schools, government and corporations? Implications of computer based assessment?
Discussion of Traub's Times' piece-- what do you think? What is he saying about ends and means?

November 24:

Thanksgiving! Enjoy. (please catch up on readings and assignments)

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Prior to December 1:

COMPLETE Webquest 3: Will technology revolutionize higher education?
READ David Noble on Technology-Colloquy Live
SKIM a recent study on higher education and technology
WORK ON publishable paper; give feedback to peers
BEGIN prep for the final (see exam questions)

December 1:

Technology and higher education (Download presentation). Surely it isn't ALL bad news?
Discussion: Webquest 3
Discussion in preparation for the open book exam
DUE: Webquest 3

Prior to December 8:

REVIEW readings and class sessions in preparation for open book exam.
MEET with friends to prepare for the open book exam

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December 8:

Open book exam. Available on Blackboard at 4:30 PM on December 8th. Please submit your exam to the digital drop box by 6:30 PM on December 8th.

Prior to December 15:

PREPARE manuscript and cover letter to editor.

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December 15:

DUE: Manuscript and letter to editor

Panel: What happens to people with doctorates much like the one you aspire to?