COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 6032 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

Uses various cognitive features effectively while producing educational software. Meet the needs of teachers in schools in terms of educational software features. Manages the processes of designing and developing the instructional materials. Meet the needs of administrators in schools in terms of educational software features.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Uses various cognitive features effectively while producing educational software.
2   Meet the needs of teachers in schools in terms of educational software features.
3   Manages the processes of designing and developing the instructional materials.
4   Meet the needs of administrators in schools in terms of educational software features.
5   Manages the processes of evaluating and marketing the instructional materials.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Importance of Educational Software Development
2 Description of Instructional Enviroments and Instructional Softwares
3 Traditional Instructional Materials
4 Computer, Information and Communication Technologies
5 Educational Software Development
6 Procedure of Choosing Instructional Software Material
7 Study Week
8 Midterm Exam
9 Samples of Using Instructional Software
10 Procedure of Choosing and Developing Instructional Software
11 Developing Instructional Software, students presentations and their evaluations
12 Developing Instructional Software, students presentations and their evaluations
13 Developing Instructional Software, students presentations and their evaluations
14 Developing Instructional Software, students presentations and their evaluations
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Alessi, S. M. and Trollip, S. R. (2001). Multimedia for Learning : Methods and Development (3rdEdition), Allyn & Bacon, Massachusetts. Lynch, P. J. ve Horton, S. (2009). Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites (3rdEdition), Yale University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, individual work, question-answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

halil.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 15 30
Research Presentation 2 15 30
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.123
LO.223
LO.323
LO.423
LO.523