| Date
| Readings |
Mon |
Wed |
| 1 - Jan 11 |
Rules of Engagement |
NO CLASS |
Introductions
Course Overview
Scheduling Decisions
Project Ideas
Discussion: Using EdTech
|
| 2 - Jan 18 |
Return of Artificial Intelligence
Analyzing Student Work Patterns Using Programming Exercise Data
Coding and Coping with ChatGPT
|
NO CLASS
MLK, Jr Day
|
Discussion: Updating APT System
and Impact from ChatGPT |
3 - Jan 23/25
|
Ed Tech’s Dystopian Turn
Penetrating the fog: Analytics in learning and education
Reference Model for Learning Analytics
|
Review APT Example
Review GIT and Web Apps
|
Discussion: Results vs Process
Discussion: Privacy and Lean Data Practices |
4 - Jan 30/Feb 1
|
Learning Theories
Learning: From Speculation to Science
|
Presentations: Learning Theories |
Demos: APT System Updates |
| 5 - Feb 6/8 |
Learning Objects
Why Digital Textbooks Are A Necessity
Exploring the Use of E-Textbooks in Higher Education |
Discussion: Online Books and Digital Equity |
Presentations: Online Book Review |
6 - Feb 13/15
|
Open Textbooks
Usability 101
Writing Good User Stories
GIT Branching and Merging
|
Discussion: User Xperience and User Stories |
Demos: Online Book Topic |
7 - Feb 20/22
|
How Gamification Works
Demystifying Gamification
More motivated but equally good
|
Discussion: Gamification
Review GIT for Teams |
Presentations: Gamification |
8 - Feb 27/Mar 1
|
Developing a Gamified School about Quest to Learn School
EdTech 2030: Data, Disruption, and Decentralization
Personal Learning Environments
|
Discussion: Good Examples of Gamification |
Review: Ideas for Gamification Project |
| 9 - Mar 6/8 |
Grading for Equity (podcast)
Time to Pull the Plug on Traditional Grading?
How to Set Up Mastery-Based Grading in Your Classroom
Evolving Game-Inspired University Course Design about GradeCraft |
Demos: Gamification
Brainstorm: Ideas for Final Project |
Guest: Shannon Duvall
Alternative Grading |
10 - Mar 13/15
|
SPRING BREAK |
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS |
11 - Mar 20/22
|
Agile Project Management
Ultimate Guide to Kanban Methodology
Ethics and the Future of Technology
|
Brainstorm: Ideas for Final Project
Agile Project Managment
|
Brainstorm: Ideas for Final Project
Report from Ethics Conference and SIGCSE
|
12 - Mar 27/29
|
Learning Management System
Microsoft Teams and Your LMS
|
Review: Final Project Proposal |
Guest: Duke Learning Innovation
Evaluating EdTech at Scale
|
13 - Apr 3/5
|
Platform Design
Prompts as AI Design Material
How do children and parents learn about AI together?
|
Demo: Final Project Progress |
Guest: Stefania Druga
Learning about and with AI
|
14 - Apr 10/12
|
Evaluating Adaptive Parsons Problems
Analysis of Interactive Features in an Ebook
|
Guest: Barbara Ericson
Evaluating EdTech's Effectiveness
|
Demo: Final Project Progress |
15 - Apr 17/19
|
Design Thinking Teaching and Learning
Open Way Learning (podcast) |
Guest: Aria Chernick (OSPRI) |
Demo: Final Project Progress |
16 - Apr 24/26
|
Reclaiming Ed Tech
AI is Disrupting the Edtech Industry
Northstar Framework
|
Guest: Sense Education |
Demo: Final Project Progress
Wrap-up Topics |
| Mon, May 1 |
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson |
Final Project Demos, 10am-12pm
|
Due: Personal Statement |
