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ETC 655 Creating Technology Learning Environments

Spring 2023

COVID-19 Requirements and Information

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Syllabus

Total Units of Course Credits: 3

Pre-requisites & Requirements

Course prerequisites: ETC 547, ETC 567, or ETC 585.

Notes: It is highly suggested that students complete ETC645 prior to attempting ETC655. Students will have more positive learning experiences if they take ETC645 first then ETC655. Students are highly suggested to take ETC645 and ETC655 in the same semester. Both ETC645 and ETC655 are offered in spring and fall semesters; generally not during the summer session.

Mode of Instruction: Online

Instructor's Name

• Chih-Hsiung Tu, PhD

Instructor's Contact Information

• Email: Chih.Tu@nau.edu

• Office Address: PO Box 5774, Room 209H, Flagstaff, AZ 86011Phone: 928-523-0892 Fax: 928-523-1929

Instructor's Availability

• Office hours: By appointment via e-mail, phone, chat room, or in-person

Course Purpose

This course prepares students in planning, designing, and developing effective technology and people networking environments and instructions to support educational intuitions' endeavors in preparing the 21st-century workforce.

Course Student Learning Outcomes

Student Learning Expectations/Outcomes for this Course

The Goals of this course are for students to:

• • develop an understanding of network learning in terms of current learning theories

  • develop an understanding of the role of social media in network learning environments

  • develop an understanding of the importance and types of learning and social network - building network learning and personal learning environments

  • develop an understanding of the issues within a network learning environment

To determine if the course goals have been attained, students should be able to demonstrate the following outcomes:

• • 1. utilize skills with social media

    2. utilize skills with technology programs as they relate to network learning

    3. utilize network learning and personal learning environment to enhance online learning

    4. describe issues that pertain to network learning

    5. develop a learning network unit based upon current learning theory for educational institutions.

Course Structure/Approach

This course is VERY labor-intensive. Each student is expected to engage in online participation in class discussions, group activities, assignments, and individual work. There may be many times when you will need to be able to troubleshoot complex problems on your own -- be prepared.

NEW-READ In all academic work, the ideas and contributions of others must be appropriately acknowledged and work that is presented as original must be, in fact, original. Using an AI-content generator (such as ChatGPT) to complete coursework without proper attribution or authorization is a form of academic dishonesty. If you are unsure about whether something may be plagiarism or academic dishonesty, please contact your instructor to discuss the issue. 

A variety of instructional methods will be used in this class. They include, but are not limited to:

• Assigned readings,

• Online class discussions,

• Technology utilization,

• Written report

• Individual and group project work.

Communication

E-Mail

BBLearn e-mail is the official e-mail channel for the course.

Chat Rooms/Zoom/Collaborate Ultra

Chat rooms may be used to hold personal meetings with the instructor and to discuss projects within the groups. Group members may agree to meet at a certain time and date in a chat room to discuss how to develop a project.

Discussion Board

The Discussion Board is the place where you will post your reactions to readings, comment on other people's postings, or ask for help from your classmates. Online discussions are required in this class. Students must participate regularly in the discussions. While conducting the lesson readings, use these three questions to help you to enrich your lesson discussion activities. It will well prepare you for active and interactive discussions. 

• After reading, I did not realize...

• What were the THREE most important concepts to YOU? Explain why?

• What are two possible exam questions?

Regular reading, quality participation, interactive engagement, and posting of contributions to the discussion boards is mandatory throughout each week of the session. Each student must post their messages each week/lesson by following two posting periods. Failure to post these messages every week may result in a grade deduction.  Grades for online discussions will be posted regularly to assist students in understanding expectations. 

Here are some guidelines for participants for regular posting to online discussions.

• Finish the required readings and tasks before the lesson beings.

• Complete the activities throughout the workweek/lesson and avoid leaving them until the last day.

• Your posting should be thorough and thoughtful. Just posting agree/disagree with your comment, or I think the same as someone else is not considered an adequate response.

• It should be evident from the postings that participants are reading each other's comments. That is, the participants should make references to each other's points of view.

• Six comments per week/lesson are considered marginal, more are expected. Posting more frequently is highly encouraged.

• Students should respond to the KEY #1 discussion questions posted by the instructors in the FIRST posting period (Monday-Thursday).

• When replying to any discussion postings, students need to replace the "Subject" field with keywords/tags that reflect/summarize their posting. If no keywords/tags are applied, discussion grades will be deducted.

Required Posting Periods

1st Posting Period

• Respond to the KEY #1 question.

• If you are interested in further expanding your knowledge, address the additional KEY question(s) presented.

• Encouraged to respond to others' postings.

• Use keywords/tags in the "Subject" field for all postings.

2nd Posting Period

• Respond to others' posting and/or respond to the questions raised by others to your postings.

• If you are interested in further expanding your knowledge, address the additional KEY question(s) presented.

• Total SIX minimum

• Use keywords/tags in the "Subject" field for all posting.

Rubrics

Assessments

Assignments must be written in a clear and concise English format. Students should follow the length requirements of each assignment. All assignments should be in APA format, doubled-space, font size 12, and pages numbered. Failure to follow the proper format will result in grade deduction. See each assignment for details. Assignments may involve various written reports, critiques of articles, research papers, or technical productions (see each assignment for details). If different reference styles, other than APA, are required in your professional field please note this in each of your assignments. Those of you in educational fields are required to use APA style.

APA resources

• American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Want to learn to use reference manager application to organize your references? See these two free tools: Zotero & Mendeley

Grading System

Please note: The assignments are due on the specified due date unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. In very special cases, the instructor may award an extension if an assignment needs to be redone. If the assignments are not turned in on the due date, they will NOT COUNT toward the course grade.

Signature Assignment Policy

The College of Education requires all students enrolled in this course to complete and submit the following signature assignment(s) to BBLearn Outcomes.  If the course’s Signature Assignments are not submitted OR do not meet expectations at an adequate level, the result could include a student not being able to satisfy the requirements of the degree program.

These signature assignments are REQUIRED TO PASS THE COURSE regardless of the grade you earn in the same. Failure to submit ALL signature assignments via the BBLearn may also prevent you from having your graduation application approved. The required signature assignments for this course are:

• Assignment 3: Open Network Technology Training

• Assignment 4: Final Project: The Development of an OER Textbook

• Assignment 5: ETC Program Portfolio: ETC655 Reflections

Readings & Materials

Required Textbook: (No need to purchase them. Selected chapters will be available for free downloading.)

• • Veletsianos, G. (Ed.) (2010). Emerging Technologies in Distance Education (2nd ed.). Athabasca, AB, Canada: AU Press. 

  • Veletsianos, G. (Ed.) (2016). Emergence & Innovation in Digital Learning: Foundation & Application. Athabasca, AB, Canada: AU Press.

  • Tu, C. H. (2013). Strategies for building a Web 2.0 learning environment. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, CA.

Reading Resources

• ETC655 Learning Resources on Diigo

Course Outline

Course Policy

Methodology/Approach:

Each student is expected to log into the BBLearn and/or the course wiki at least twice a week and should engaged in online participation in class discussions, group activities, assignments, and individual tasks. There may be many times when you will need to be able to troubleshoot complex problems on your own -- be prepared.

Late Work Policy

The assignments are due on the specified due date unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. If the assignments are not turned in on the due date, they will NOT COUNT toward the course grade.

Extra Credit Policy

Occasionally, extra credit points may be awarded by the instructor for work that is deemed to beyond the normal scope of expectations of assigned work. However, these are distributed at the instructors discretion and not be solicited by the students. In other words, you shouldn't ask if you can do alternative assignments for extra credit.

Grading

NAU and the professional community expect the College of Education to maintain standards that reflect its reputation as a leading school in preparing educational leaders. According to the University's Graduate Catalog,

• A means Superior

• B means Satisfactory

• C means Lowest grade acceptable for graduate credit

In general, professors award "A" grades to acknowledge achievement that goes beyond specified course requirements and criteria. By its very nature, this kind of exemplary performance cannot always be spelled out clearly in advance. "A"s are reserved for special efforts that exceed expectations by demonstrating exceptional creativity, boldness, commitment, ingenuity, or polish, and are available for the highest accomplishments. In sum, if you submit an assignment that only meets the minimum competencies, you should not expect to receive an A in such an assignment.

Participation This reflects the instructor's subjective assessment of the quality and quantity of your online interactions with her/him, and with other class members, both through email, chat, and the bulletin board, and the way that you contribute to the course's learning environment. Risk-taking is encouraged as a means to "push the envelope" of your individual learning.

Incompletes Also from the Graduate Catalog: If you are unable to complete coursework in a scheduled course within the semester in which you are enrolled, you may petition your instructor to receive a grade of "I." If your instructor agrees to give you an Incomplete, you and the instructor must complete a written agreement, a copy of which is held in your department file, indicating the exact work you need to do to finish the course. This written agreement must also indicate the date by which you must complete this work, and that date cannot be longer than one calendar year from the end of the semester in which you were enrolled in that course. By the end of the time agreed to in writing, your instructor must submit a permanent earned grade for the course or the grade remains a permanent Incomplete. As a general rule, please note that there will be NO "Incompletes" given for this course

Course Evaluation

A course evaluation will be made available toward the end of the semester and you will be asked to complete the instrument. Evaluations are anonymous and are submitted to the departmental secretary for coding and tabulation. Results of the evaluation are used to update the content and emphases of the course as contemporary research suggests.

• Course evaluation

University Policies

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

NAU expects every student to firmly adhere to a strong ethical code of academic integrity in all their scholarly pursuits. The primary attributes of academic integrity are honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, and responsibility. As a student, you are expected to submit original work while giving proper credit to other people’s ideas or contributions. Acting with academic integrity means completing your assignments independently while truthfully acknowledging all sources of information, or collaboration with others when appropriate. When you submit your work, you are implicitly declaring that the work is your own. Academic integrity is expected not only during formal coursework, but in all your relationships or interactions that are connected to the educational enterprise. All forms of academic deceit such as plagiarism, cheating, collusion, falsification or fabrication of results or records, permitting your work to be submitted by another, or inappropriately recycling your own work from one class to another, constitute academic misconduct that may result in serious disciplinary consequences. All students and faculty members are responsible for reporting suspected instances of academic misconduct. All students are encouraged to complete NAU’s online academic integrity workshop available in the E-Learning Center and should review the full Academic Integrity policy available at https://policy.nau.edu/policy/policy.aspx?num=100601.

COURSE TIME COMMITMENT

Pursuant to Arizona Board of Regents guidance (ABOR Policy 2-224 – Academic Credit), for every unit of credit, a student should expect, on average, to do a minimum of three hours of work per week, including but not limited to class time, preparation, homework, and studying.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Membership in NAU’s academic community entails a special obligation to maintain class environments that are conductive to learning, whether instruction is taking place in the classroom, a laboratory or clinical setting, during course-related fieldwork, or online. Students have the obligation to engage in the educational process in a manner that does not interfere with normal class activities or violate the rights of others. Instructors have the authority and responsibility to address disruptive behavior that interferes with student learning, which can include the involuntary withdrawal of a student from a course with a grade of “W”. For additional information, see NAU’s Disruptive Behavior in an Instructional Setting policy at https://nau.edu/university-policy-library/disruptive-behavior.

NONDISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-HARASSMENT

NAU prohibits discrimination and harassment based on sex, gender, gender identity, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Due to potentially unethical consequences, certain consensual amorous or sexual relationships between faculty and students are also prohibited. The Equity and Access Office (EAO) responds to complaints regarding discrimination and harassment that fall under NAU’s Safe Working and Learning Environment (SWALE) policy. EAO also assists with religious accommodations. For additional information about SWALE or to file a complaint, contact EAO located in Old Main (building 10), Room 113, PO Box 4083, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, or by phone at 928-523-3312 (TTY: 928-523-1006), fax at 928-523-9977, email at equityandaccess@nau.edu, or via the EAO website at https://nau.edu/equity-and-access.

TITLE IX

Title IX is the primary federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or gender in educational programs or activities. Sex discrimination for this purpose includes sexual harassment, sexual assault or relationship violence, and stalking (including cyber-stalking). Title IX requires that universities appoint a “Title IX Coordinator” to monitor the institution’s compliance with this important civil rights law. NAU’s Title IX Coordinator is Elyce C. Morris. The Title IX Coordinator is available to meet with any student to discuss any Title IX issue or concern. You may contact the Title IX Coordinator by phone at 928-523-3515, by fax at 928-523-0640, or by email at elyce.morris@nau.edu. In furtherance of its Title IX obligations, NAU will promptly investigate and equitably resolve all reports of sex or gender-based discrimination, harassment, or sexual misconduct and will eliminate any hostile environment as defined by law. Additional important information about Title IX and related student resources, including how to request immediate help or confidential support following an act of sexual violence, is available at https://in.nau.edu/title-ix.

ACCESSIBILITY

Professional disability specialists are available at Disability Resources to facilitate a range of academic support services and accommodations for students with disabilities. If you have a documented disability, you can request assistance by contacting Disability Resources at 928-523-8773 (voice), 928-523-6906 (TTY), 928-523-8747 (fax), or dr@nau.edu (e-mail). Once eligibility has been determined, students register with Disability Resources every semester to activate their approved accommodations. Although a student may request an accommodation at any time, it is best to initiate the application process at least four weeks before a student wishes to receive an accommodation. Students may begin the accommodation process by submitting a self-identification form online at https://nau.edu/disability-resources/student-eligibility-process or by contacting Disability Resources. The Director of Disability Resources, Jamie Axelrod, serves as NAU’s Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator and Section 504 Compliance Officer. He can be reached at jamie.axelrod@nau.edu.

RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

Students who engage in research at NAU must receive appropriate Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training. This instruction is designed to help ensure proper awareness and application of well-established professional norms and ethical principles related to the performance of all scientific research activities. More information regarding RCR training is available at https://nau.edu/research/compliance/research-integrity.

MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH

As noted, NAU expects every student to firmly adhere to a strong code of academic integrity in all their scholarly pursuits. This includes avoiding fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism when conducting research or reporting research results. Engaging in research misconduct may result in serious disciplinary consequences. Students must also report any suspected or actual instances of research misconduct of which they become aware. Allegations of research misconduct should be reported to your instructor or the University’s Research Integrity Officer, Dr. David Faguy, who can be reached at david.faguy@nau.edu or 928-523-6117. More information about misconduct in research is available at https://nau.edu/university-policy-library/misconduct-in-research.

SENSITIVE COURSE MATERIALS

University education aims to expand student understanding and awareness. Thus, it necessarily involves engagement with a wide range of information, ideas, and creative representations. In their college studies, students can expect to encounter and to critically appraise materials that may differ from and perhaps challenge familiar understandings, ideas, and beliefs. Students are encouraged to discuss these matters with faculty.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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The information contained in this syllabus, other than this course’s grade and attendance policies may be subject to change with reasonable advance notice.