Core
EDT832: Preparation, Utilisation, and Integration of Educational Media in the Curriculum
EDT 832: Preparation, Utilisation and Integration of Educational Media in the Curriculum is a third semester, two credit and 700 level core course. It will be available for all students offering M. Ed. Educational Technology.
This course will expose you to understanding of many of the concepts and theories in Educational Media and Curriculum. It will assist you to be able to apply these concepts and theories to the task and roles that you perform as a teacher, an educational technologist and a media consultant in the educational setting.
What Will You Learn?
The overall aim of EDT 832: Preparation, Utilisation and Integration of Educational Media in the Curriculum are to introduce you to various educational media, their utilisation and the integration of these media into the curriculum. The context in which educational media can be used will also be explained. Criteria for the selection and utilisation of media will be examined; so also is the types of media. Curriculum organization, development, planning and implementation will be discussed. Foundations of curriculum development will also be examined.
Teacher Of Course
Includes
On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:
- Define educational media;
- Mention the characteristics of media;
- State the classification of media;
- Distinguish between the software and hardware aspects of educational media;
- Distinguish between the various categories of audio media used in education;
- Describe the instructional uses of each of the audio media studied;
- Describe how to make a good audio recording;
- Differentiate the following: overhead, opaque and slide projectors;