ED1441 - Information Communication Technologies and Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Semester 1 External offering available only to RATEP. Semester 2 External offering available only to ECE online students. NOTE: The delivery of this subject includes interactive online tutorials and requires students to have access to the World Wide Web for participation in this subject.

This subject provides an introduction to the educational, cultural, gendered, and societal significance of current and future developments in information communication technologies. Students will be involved in the instructional design, creation, application, and evaluation of various multiliteracies. Teaching and learning theory and pedagogies underpinning eGames and simulations and consequent learning outcomes are identified. The social and psychological impact of information communication technologies and their connection with, and beyond education explored.

Learning Outcomes

• critical evaluation of the social and cognitive outcomes of various teaching and learning theories and pedagogies underpinning a range of information communication technologies;
• acquisition of diverse multiliteracies through creation of educational information communication technology products;
• critical evaluation of credibility, legality, and ethics of computer and information literacies;
• further enhancement of life long learning skills and strategies;
• critical evaluation of the social, cultural, economic, political, gender, disability, and psychological impact and issues relating to past, present, and future information communication technologies.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Lynette Henderson
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 13 hours - interactive WWW lectures/tutorials
Assessment:	invigilated in-class components of tutorial reaction papers portfolio (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers portfolio (10% - 20%); invigilated in-class components of ict portfolio (10% - 20%); non-invigilated components of ict portfolio (30% - 40%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Lynette Henderson
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures - interactive WWW lectures/tutorials 13 hours tutorials - tutorial teleconferences 13 hours - onsite TC tutorials
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU and Printed materials
Assessment:	invigilated teleconference component of tutorial reaction papers (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers (10% - 20%); invigilated component of ict portfolio (10% - 20%); non-invigilated component of ict portfolio (30% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coordinator:	Mr Peter Bachelor
Lecturers:	Mr Peter Bachelor, Mr Paw Kappel.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 13 hours - interactive WWW lectures/tutorials
Assessment:	invigilated in-class components of tutorial reaction papers portfolio (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers (10% - 20%); invigilated in-class components of ict portfolio (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of ict portfolio (10% - 20%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coord/Lect:	Mr Peter Bachelor.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers portfolio (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers portfolio (10% - 20%); invigilated components of ict portfolio (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of ict portfolio (10% - 20%).
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	jc152866
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Lynette Henderson, jc152866.
Contact hours:	13 hours tutorials 13 hours - interactive WWW lectures/tutorials
Assessment:	invigilated teleconference component of tutorial reaction papers (30% - 40%); non-invigilated components of tutorial reaction papers (10% - 20%); invigilated components of ict portfolio (10% - 20%); non-invigilated components of ict portfolio (30% - 40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.